"I was trained at a... military academy," Nida muses briefly. Then he shakes his head. He doesn't want to get into that.

"Magic is a rare thing back on my world, including paramagic users. We do have to be trained, though. Learning to channel those sorts of forces can be pretty hard. And even then, you're not guaranteed to be good at magic. I'm not the best at it, except wind and water spells. And even those I don't manage with extreme power.