[ Arcane energy, aether, they amount to the same thing as far as Thancred can tell. That does makes it easier for him to follow what the man's saying, and given how Garleans considered other races' use of magick to be barbaric and savage, he isn't surprised by any of this. ]

I see. In that case, I would say that magick use is far more widely accepted on Etheirys compared to your star, and it's also generally easier to harness. Mages of all sorts are quite common. There are even guilds that were started centuries ago to support the training of any aspiring mage or astrologian.

[ Granted, how everything works back where they're from doesn't mean much when they're still stuck in this place. ]

The people of the Free Cities seem to have little interest in magick, from what I can tell. Yet you seem quite curious about it. Are you considering moving to Thorne?

[ It isn't meant to be a coercion of any sort, he's simply curious. His patient regard of Viktor should make that clear enough. ]