[ Matt can't help warming under the signs of interest, as a plant inclines towards sunlight. He's still not entirely used to his talents being appreciated rather than shunned. ]

Humanity didn't have the best grasp where I came from either, [ Matt notes ruefully. ] But I like that definition a lot. There's a concept in Hinduism, a sacred sound that you hear without two parts coming into contact ... it reminds me of that.

A lot of us can use magic here, actually, [ he adds. ] I was born with it, but a lot of people have started manifesting them since they arrived, and I can do things now that I couldn't before. So if you want to learn more magic, this could be your chance.