This amuses Segda long enough for it to stab a fish. It doesn't get it cleanly and it takes a couple bites for the fish to die.

Uh, interesting, but honestly much less objectionable than most of Segda's behavior. "Well done."

Nom nom nom.

Does this brook look as boring as everything else in this area?

Yup!

Then she will somewhat nervously demonstrate the technique of using a lightning cantrip on the water to surface stunned fish, asking Segda to stand well back in case she in so doing aggravates a water sprite or something.

No water sprites appear. Segda jumps in alarm when she zaps the water. "How d'you do that?" it asks, stabbing stunned fish.

"Magic."

"I want to learn."

"This one requires an ink I don't have for the spell scroll but I can try to teach you once I get to Amilu."

"Is it hard like the other one?"

"Yeah. Magic is hard."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Because it's a lot to keep in your head."

"Why?"

"Because if you don't keep it all in your head it doesn't work."

"Is there easy magic?"

"People who want to be magic and can't pick up arcane magic try to be a priest of a god, sometimes. I think you'd be bad at that."

"Why?"

"It helps to, like, believe in the god and their cause and to loyally serve them and I just can't see you doing that." 

"But I wanna do magic."

"Yeah. I think learning how to read spellcharts has better prospects than trying to convince a god you're their loyal servant."

"Do gods do magic?"

"Yeah."

"How do gods do it?"