[ She can hardly fault him for any cageyness, when she's been trained to conceal the true depths of her own ability, too, but here at least she reads his momentary pause as him trying to discern the best way to explain his abilities to someone who's not of the same world.

In any case, this topic is a nice distraction from how wobbly she feels. That little ice strip reminds her of Lawine's magic... ]

I see. Closer to magic, but not quite magic? I have seen spells that can do something like this, too... It must be very helpful out here in the desert.

[ . . . ]

Thank you for stopping me from walking into that plant.