"It's sound logic. But people don't always act logically."

"I am not sure, but I wouldn't be surprise that there would be cultural stigma attached... also, just to make it clear anyone can use or learn sorcery. It's just much easier for us, with our extra lifeforce lying around."

"That just brings me back to thinking it's stupid not everyone knows about this!"

...

(Awkward)

"All my sons agree with you. But while you can argue that it is stupid, it doesn't mean that revealing it to the world without being careful is not also stupid. I hope you understand that."

"Because there's Obliviators. Or something. Please tell me about the people who aren't Obliviators."

"I don't know about obliviators. But very few people know how to make portals and use the exclusivity for profit. The other end of the portal lands somewhere random so it's not that controllable as a means of transportation. People's view on Earth is that we are the warmongering and crazy ones that are about to nuke themselves any day now."

"That's... I guess I have nothing to say to that right now."

His parents come back, with their grandmother. The father looks pale and Krisana is holding an enchanted bracelet.

"Are you alright, sir? Can we continue with the explanation?"

"I'm not happy but I'm fine. I'm anxious and I need to know more. By all means."

"Alright, so should we detail Elan further or proceed with the timeline?"

"Huh. With you Efross you can just say that yet another world was added after Earth, starting from about a century or so ago. Talking about Elan is more relevant for them. I take."

"Well, you explained it succinctly enough, dad. Okay. Elan has native magic, it's called Synth and allows for some limited biological alterations. Nothing like creating fire-breathing dragons. But among its key uses is augmenting people. Which makes them healthier, stronger, taller and longer lived. It combines weirdly with sorcery such that fully augmented individuals have trouble channeling the lifeforce safely, but half-augmented are fine and have an additional boost to lifeforce. An oppressed ethnoreligious minority called the Daliath used this to their advantage and achieve political domination. Which," he waves at Teddy's grandma, "is where Krisana comes from." Pause. "Actually, I am not sure if you're a Daliath, or just a half-augmented former sorceress."

"I disavow any association with them. Mostly from bitterness, I admit. I got burned out rather badly doing something reckless I was pushed into and I'd rather not say more."

"Alright. Anyway, so naturalborn sorcery is a hereditary trait, much like being tall. It sometimes skips generations and that's why Teddy has it. I think the word 'prodigy' is a proper enough descriptor here. You don't need to have extra lifeforce to do ritual research, but opens a lot of doors."

"A lot of open doors. If it helps you deal with the situation, think that he has a new career paths open to him."

"I think I need to read a book about this, or - see it in person and have a look around - this feels unreal and I'm still trying to come up with ways to disprove it."

"Either option can be arranged. It's also okay to take five minutes to calm down."

"I'm still not sure what kind of risk this - sudden development - poses to my family and my son." His father says. "You say it's a career opportunity? Well, I don't know. Krisana is family and she invited you, but you have to admit that you three are still mostly strangers to us."

"Fair concerns. I am not sure if you have something specific to be addressed? I am sorry if calling it a career opportunity was too light of a tone. In reality, whatever life trajectory you're expecting your son to have is different from what it will actually be. Specially, that, even if he does try his best to ignore all of this he would still live far longer. It's strange and thus scary or concerning, but it doesn't have to be. And I do think this is a situation that opens more doors for Teddy."

"We are strangers. I don't know what would you want from us to make us less so? I guess we could come over here again or something. Give out some introductory sorcery lessons in case that will make it something more... familiar."

"...An introductory lesson sounds good but you said there's schools? Do they do campus tours, can we meet the staff?"

"Oh, there are. It's not that different from any other institution of learning?"

"We can arrange tours and meeting the staff. Did you mean going to them or bringing them here? There are no schools on Earth, but there are plenty on Elsewhere and even Elan."