It's all machines where I'm from, but you always hear about everything breaking apart anyway. [ Even with them. He wonders how things would be different with runes like this, but all things considered, he doubts life is all that much better where Saeri is from. He doesn't have that optimism to believe.

Still: ] But I like it, magic like this. Doing fire or ice out of your hands is cool, [ sure, a small shrug, ] but magic that can help? Bending it into a tool?

[ Yeah, it's more than pretty cool. He glances about the room, but settles on Saeri. ]

You miss it?

[ He thinks he would, compare to here. ]