Zia grew up in Egypt. It’s her home, even though she lives in Brooklyn now. So I’d say it’s logical that she goes back sometimes.
Every few years, she goes back to her village and spends a day or so there.
Just walking around and remembering what she can.
Sometimes she spends hours talking to her family, telling them what she’s been up to.
Sometimes she sits quietly for long stretches of time before saying, “I miss you.”
And that’s enough sad for me, let’s talk about happier things!
Sadie becomes a magician ambassador for Brooklyn House and Zia tags along occasionally when she has to travel to the first nome.
Zia probably still has friends there or at least people she’s friendly with, so she visits them.
There’s way more kids there now, so she spends a lot of time with them, because she didn’t have many kids to play with growing up.
Also the kids love hearing stories from her. She tells them about the Egyptian gods, what it was like fighting Apophis, and all sorts of strange American things.
They’re particularly interested in malls.
Zia also likes going back to Egypt because she can speak her native language again. She gets very tired of only speaking English while she’s in Brooklyn, so speaking Arabic is a nice change.
Well, okay, she likes speaking Arabic and being understood. She talks to herself in Arabic while she’s in Brooklyn, but she can’t have a conversation with anyone.
She probably misses the food too. American food is really processed and some of it is really gross. And there’s a severe lack of like completely homemade meals? She really misses that.
When Sadie has some free time, Zia drags her out to see the sights. The famous, touristy ones, and local places that Zia would visit when she was growing up.
She’s always happy to go back to Brooklyn House though. It really starts feeling like home.
