[The change is obvious, of course, but he still takes a moment to process all the changes, while he listens to what she has to say. It even manages to coax a facial expression out of him, his brows furrowing downward.] So it's direct interference, then. I guess that rules out anyone I know, or they decided to throw the rulebook out. [He was pretty sure if they'd done that, the changes would be a lot more... violent, though.]

So when you say magic... you mean like wizards with pointy hats and magic wands or..? [He has not, in fact, gotten the memo that some people hear are Magic yet. Or at least he doesn't believe it.] This whole mess would be a lot easier to sort out if there were something obvious they wanted from us, but it's never easy, is it? [He sighs heavily.]