That...was unexpected. The image Soma had built up was that of a mild-mannered scholar who had dabbled in magic. Lingormr didn't look much older than she was, after all. He was certainly intelligent, but to possess that much power...

Maybe this was what Sora had meant. Magic existed in his world, after all. Was it possible that he had sensed something she hadn't? Was it also why Lingormr's village had rejected him? Was it fear, rather than some sort of simple misunderstanding?

"So you could get us all home if your powers were back," she said quietly, more as something to say while she processed her thoughts. Why hadn't he told her sooner? It was true, his magic had been sealed away, and there was a certain stigma associated with magicians in his world, but they were all on the same side here. Or tried to be, anyway.