[Look, if he has to give up his helpless civilian act, he's gonna learn about this clever little man in front of him. He's certain nobody else would have bothered to notice the coincidence -- he's too confident.]

I have tried not to assume. There are so many different sorts floating about.

[He lifts his fingers in preparation to catch the gem he's brought, but this time he is smiling.]

Some learn to tap the leylines, some are magic by blood, and yet others are cursed with it. You understand.