[His voice is gentle in return. He couldn't expect her to understand everything about an unfamiliar world.]

It is a gift, and I'm not ashamed. I love that I'm a mage, Adalia. I love being able to heal people, being able to shoot lightning out of my fingertips, and being able to create water at any time I or others around me need it.

If I'd a choice in the matter as a child I would not have wanted it, no. But I wouldn't trade it away for a dozen farms like the one of my childhood now. Even with all that's happened, I'd remain a mage.