She smiled and it was quiet, near secretive. He must have come from a simple land if he thought magic so easily organized. Since that could easily become a long and very spirited discussion Trish kept her lips shut and was grateful that he didn't look ready to jump out the door into the unknown.

"If you'd know something, I'll answer what I can." In the meantime she knelt to the ground and lifted one of the floorboards that, for her people, counted as storage. From it came two sizable mugs, and a jug of water.