Huh. I never thought about magic having a smell before- I was always busy trying to avoid it...uh, killing me back home to notice. I'll remember that.

[He really is going to commit that little tidbit to memory- maybe see if he can test it out some. It'll give him something to do while he's trapped in fits of wakefulness.

He does catch Fern looking off, and he raises his eyebrows in concern- a silent query to his wellbeing. ]

Yeah, me either, until now, anyway. I've always been focused on science, having magic is... it's taking some getting used to. But you had lessons? So it was widespread?