[Twirling here and there is certainly not enough to derail his focus—not that this is his partner’s intent—especially when talk of magic is on the line. Stephen listens, any sense of good-intentioned ribbing from before completely drained from him.]

I’ve found that the multiverse houses worlds upon worlds that operate on different rules. And not only concerning magic.

[But there’s something about Urianger’s look that seems to imply it isn’t quite as simple as that.]

Though… Are you saying that you’ve visited other worlds before that had a slightly different idea of how “active” and “passive” umbrals worked?