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It's post canon, which I thought should have been clear from the comments he made and his and Kirielle's age.

It did seem the most likely, but you can never be entirely sure with a crossover until it's officially stated.

I couldn't work out how to get in a good line and didn't want to put in a wall of magibabble.

From what Zorian says, it seems like she tried to just fob him off with something like, "Hogwarts is hidden through the use of the Unplottable charm, which as its name suggests makes a location impossible to locate on any map."

From a Doylest POV, the problem is that attempting to stop Zorian from leaving to teleport out would have just resulted in him teleporting away from inside Hogwarts. Which would attract too much attention too early. (The wards do not stop House Elves from teleporting or teleporting food into the great hall from the kitchen, and do not block floos or portkeys. They clearly only block the one apportation spell the wizards use). I'll think about how to edit it.

Well, one point is that Zorian has at least some experience with trying to hide his full abilities, even if he's intentionally not covering all of it up because a) he wants to look competent enough to be on his own, and b) the field where he grows his fucks hasn't recovered much from being so severely overworked and lies nearly barren. He is clearly trying to make at least some effort at not standing out too far in public, and if nothing else knows the value of appearing to obey the local authority even if they're corrupt, stupid, or obstructionist, which of course the Ministry is all three.

Minerva, likewise, is a lifelong educator and can be expected to want to help a clearly talented young person, however poor the impression he's made of his manners, from falling afoul of the law, and bringing up those points would be strong arguments in favor of getting him to join the school at least long enough to gain recognition for the skills if he really is as skilled as he thinks he is. Zorian doesn't necessarily need to agree with her even so, but it seemed odd she doesn't even mention it...

Well, there is how utterly useless she is throughout the HP books I suppose, but if anything that would make a response along the lines of needing to stop his nonsense and buckle down until he's earned the qualifications to be counted as an adult. That's not likely to go very well, but it is very much the attitude she displays in essentially every interaction with Harry & co.