As far as any sapient creature is concerned, yaks don't do magic. It's one of the only things they'll readily admit they're not the best at--but simply because they never bother with it in the first place. Cynical zebra librarian Mahiri has no reason to disbelieve one of the fundamental facts of magic, until she meets a very unusual yak.

A last minute entry into the 2024 Non-Pony Writing Contest.