[ Ah, so Ches lives on a farm. That would explain why he'd immediately gravitated toward that for work. Thancred nods along, understanding well enough how such a community could be formed, seeing how he'd been a stray himself. The circumstances of him being picked up had been quite different, but he could have fallen into such a group (though with a bit more crime) if it weren't for Louisoix. ]

That's quite kind of you, to take people in like that. [ To offer them a roof over their heads, a sense of safety. ]

I take it only certain people can use magick where you're from, then? Here, supposedly anyone can learn, and that includes us. [ Thancred gives a nod in the vague direction of the Castle. ] There are Summoned here who are quite adept at it and might be willing to teach you.

[ There were also plenty of native Thorneans who no doubt could as well, but Thancred defaults to suggesting fellow Summoned. ]