[That caught his interest, certainly mages were born with the potential for magic but they did have to learn one way or another how they wielded it best, and which schools they excelled at.]

You were not trained in that specific school of magic over others?

[Obviously she was not a mage as he was, magic could very well work differently in her world but that in and of itself was interesting.]

I will admit, I mostly taught myself once I came into my magic, but it took some time for me to take up frost magic and healing. Does magic not have such variety in your world?