[He met Brennan at the feast when he met Ariadne and had sort of figured out the connection after doing a little bit of research on his own. (Okay, truth be told, he was taking a shot in the dark thanks to the process of elimination by basis of the fact that the wolves sorta look the same, but whatever. It worked.) Nevertheless he doesn't seem to mind the sudden interest and in fact seems to be taking joy in the fact that Katsa seems to want to know so much.]

Totally new. Magic just a bunch of made-up stuff in my world so I wasn't even sure I believed Lemina when she told me about it the first time. I started learning the first night I got here but I haven't really been practicing until a couple of weeks ago. [Not really. He was making baby flames on his own before really practicing with Lemina to grow the fireballs. The comment just causes him to give her a slight look.]

Does age really make a difference when it comes to this kind of stuff? [He's not necessarily offended, but he is curious what she seems to think on the matter.]