[ The kind words don't go amiss. Maruki smiles back at her, eyebrows raising up high enough to disappear into his fringe as she goes on. ]

Oh! Magic? That's really exciting. Definitely not something we had in my reality. [ Everything fantastical that happens there has a solid foundation in cognitive psience, which is definitely not magic. Obviously. ] Can I ask, ah... what kind of magic? Like, with a wand, or...

[ He mimes a little pulling a rabbit out of a hat motion, possibly because he realizes how stupid it's going to sound before he says it. ]