Secrets? That caught Neirenn's notice. She hadn't thought any of the people here had any secrets--maybe their blandness was simply an act. "I didn't realize you had anything to hide," she admitted. "To be honest, I haven't met any townspeople who are interested in talking about anything beyond weather and their daily routine." Really, it was like talking to one was talking to all of them.

She watched with interest as the man demonstrated what were indeed very basic elemental spells. But it was still much more than she had seen from someone like him. "Well, even the basic magic is better than no magic at all," Neirenn said. There was a somewhat different quality to how it felt than her own magic, but that was only to be expected. "What about that other spell you're using right now?" she asked.