As he listens, Claude idly props his jaw on a fist while leaning that elbow against the table, mostly pretending to look at the menu as he listens to her explanations. Coming from somewhere without magic before here is something he's heard from other Summoned, and he feels like he vaguely remembers Julie saying as much about her world from their talk so long ago that'd left an impression both for its explanation of Abraxas and the difference in worlds.
"The Horizon's useful for that, what with being able to just... leave if it gets too chaotic." He's grinning slightly, having caused plenty of said chaos himself in both his domain and the monastery while experimenting with something, which is far preferable to having to deal with any of the reality of whatever mess it might leave behind. Also for not having to clean up any mess on top of the ones he leaves around in his day to day, but he nods slightly.
"Mental blocks happen for the magic learned in Fodlan, too. Some of it's because it's based in theories that can be difficult to understand - the reason I gave up on learning much past what I did - but also because of that visualizing problem in a different way. Conjuring things out of nothing is totally beyond me, so as someone with zero knowledge on that front, needing to draw something out of whatever it is makes complete sense. The same goes for why wind doesn't exactly fit into something like that neatly, considering we can't reach out and grab it unless one of our resident scientists comes up with something for that."
It's only near the end that becomes particularly relevant to Abby, if he had to guess, and there's more he was going to add, but. Hold that thought as a server comes over to their table and he puts in an order then gestures to Abby for hers, since though she might've voiced it before he's not one to order for someone else.
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"The Horizon's useful for that, what with being able to just... leave if it gets too chaotic." He's grinning slightly, having caused plenty of said chaos himself in both his domain and the monastery while experimenting with something, which is far preferable to having to deal with any of the reality of whatever mess it might leave behind. Also for not having to clean up any mess on top of the ones he leaves around in his day to day, but he nods slightly.
"Mental blocks happen for the magic learned in Fodlan, too. Some of it's because it's based in theories that can be difficult to understand - the reason I gave up on learning much past what I did - but also because of that visualizing problem in a different way. Conjuring things out of nothing is totally beyond me, so as someone with zero knowledge on that front, needing to draw something out of whatever it is makes complete sense. The same goes for why wind doesn't exactly fit into something like that neatly, considering we can't reach out and grab it unless one of our resident scientists comes up with something for that."
It's only near the end that becomes particularly relevant to Abby, if he had to guess, and there's more he was going to add, but. Hold that thought as a server comes over to their table and he puts in an order then gestures to Abby for hers, since though she might've voiced it before he's not one to order for someone else.