

In episode 2 of the anime, Saya crashes her broom into Elaina and then steals
her witch badge. Ostensibly, this is because Saya is lonely and she's trying
to trap Elaina in the Land of Mages with her as her magic teacher. But under
close scrutiny, this plan doesn't really make sense. It's quite hard to
believe Saya planned out the entirety of the events of the episode. It would
make sense if she improvised a lot after failing to do whatever it was she was
originally trying, but I don't see how she could have guessed everything would
happen the way it did, given she didn't even know Elaina. For that matter, who
was her intended target? The first witch she saw? Or Elaina specifically?

One thing I recall when watching the episode, is that when Elaina first shows
up at the inn Saya is working at, Saya apologizes profusely and begs Elaina
not to hurt her. Given the sudden burst of anxiety after their mostly cordial
farewell, I wondered if perhaps Saya thought Elaina had figured out she'd
stolen her witch badge at this point. It's not possible to tell if that's the
case, but to me it points to the possibility that Saya didn't have some kind
of master plan that went perfectly. I would also suspect she didn't want
Elaina to fly away during their first encounter before she'd even asked her to
stay at the inn.

I don't think the show had much time to explain the plan, as all Saya really
says when Elaina confronts her about it is that she was really lonely. Do the
books elaborate on what she was trying to accomplish by crashing into Elaina,
what her whole plan was, and whether everything went exactly as planned?

Basically, I want to know what Saya was thinking, and whether the books have
more information on that than the show.


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What was Saya's plan?