"Hyne..." he repeats it, leaning back fully in the chair and watching Nida carefully, distractedly petting the cat behind the ears. It starts to make an odd sort of rumbling noise like a small machine, and that make him glance down briefly - but it doesn't move so...he keeps doing it.

"Do you know anything about magic? How it works, anything?" He's guessing if Hyne has real sorceresses in it, that must mean magic, right?... His brain is still telling him this is nonsense, but he's determined to ignore it. That's where he is now, ignoring all logic.

But then, before Nida can say anything, he shakes his head, almost smiling.

"Sorry. I don't mean to sound like I'm interrogating you - this is just really new to me."