Codependent? Kell has no idea what that word even means - and no way he's going to admit it - but if he did, he'd recognize the situation right away. At least, Jayce and Victor are like that by choice. Not a luxury he has been given. Not that he'd changed anything much in his relationship with Rhy - apart from the obvious of not having to save his life by illegal means - but the choice was never there.

He nods through the explanation. That's what you can do when you use magic correctly. It makes sense. The teleportation feat is impressive though. To achieve this using technology and not a conscious mind steering and controlling the process. It IS fascinating. The combination is fascination. His people do not bother with technology much beyond the basics.
When magic is so wide spread and accessible, there's little reason to put time and effort, all the trials and errors of the process, to come up with a piece of technology.
When magic is so revered, people with ambition flock there. They're not filling the ranks of inventors, but magicians. It makes him wonder what it would do for Arnes to have at least one inventor like Jayce.

"You don't learn magic without blowing a few things up, either. So I see the similarities in the process. If handled incorrectly or by the inexperienced, even our simplest elemental magic can do a lot of damage."

He knows. First hand experience.

"I am glad that you didn't blow yourself up then."