:...huh. I have no idea what that implies about your magic and whether it's in general evil. It's weird for people to be born with demonic gifts, I think... it might be that your world's magic is just entirely different from my world's. Perhaps it was corrupted by original sin in some fashion which lets you do blood magic?:

:I think it must be different. My magic seems to work at all here, which is interesting, but I have not sensed any magic native to this world at all – this does mean it is not present, necessarily, it might only mean that it is a force my existing senses cannot detect, in the same way human eyes cannot see all colours of light. In my world, there is ambient background magic in most places, generated naturally by living things but not in a way that harms them at all, and mages can take it in and use it: 

He brings to mind a memory of looking at a verdant meadow with mage-sight, holding it up in his thoughts so that Asher can see it as clearly as possible. :Here, I can sense some life-energy, but none of it is in the usual form that I would be able to use, so I have only the energy that my own body can generate internally: He turns his mage-sight on the park, then on Asher, holding up that image in his thoughts as well. :I have not tested whether blood-sacrifice works here, because in fact I prefer NOT killing people unless it is the only way to save a greater number of lives elsewhere: 

Asher's thoughts are mostly very very confused. 

:I have no idea what is going on and I should probably pray about it and get back to you.:

Finally. 

:I understand: Leareth sends, and he pulls his hand back and quickly raises his shields. And then reaches for Lev's mind. :I need to go. Something is wrong. I...do not feel good: 

:We can go-- do you know what's wrong?:

:No: Another fact that he's not very happy about. :Not my magic. Just... Tired. My head hurts and I cannot think properly. Not something I recall having experienced before: 

:Could it be that our world is bad for you in some way? You're not human the way we are.: 

:Could be bitoxiphosphene.:

:...Oh: That does seem possible. :I am not sure how to test that theory. Or what to do about it if you are right. Could you...say the appropriate things to Asher, and get us out of here, please?: 

Lev has never said the appropriate things to anyone in his life. 

"...uh, see you around?"

Asher is too lost in thought to notice.

Leareth nods to Asher without speaking (it's unclear if Asher notices), and follows Lev and just barely thinks to cast an illusion over both of them, and a minimal tracking-ward on Asher. It won't read his thoughts – he does intend to keep that promise, he wouldn't have made it if he didn't consider it worthwhile – or impede his movements in any way, but he'll be able to maintain a vague sense of where Asher is, and it can serve as an anchor if he later decides he wants to scry on the man.

He doesn't trust Asher yet; Asher doesn't trust him yet and thinks he's a demon and it's all very understandable from within the frame of his worldview but it could be dangerous. Leareth is pretty sure that he didn't handle the entire conversation optimally. It...would be easier not to make mistakes if he could think straight. 

:I don't know at all how we'd test whether you're sensitive to anything, we've pumped a lot of stuff into the air that wouldn't exist in your air. You can test for some things by going to the wilderness but lots of stuff is just-- everywhere. I guess we could get you a scuba tank and have you breathe from it? --Scuba tanks let you bring air with you when you go swimming so you can be under the water for longer, they don't put pollutants in it.:

:...That is a clever idea: Leareth really hopes Lev remembers where they're going, because right now he can't produce words and keep his sense of direction at the same time. :I mean to put air in a tank and breathe underwater at all. But also to use this as a test. Is it complicated to obtain a scuba tank?:

Lev is internally glowing about being complimented.

:I think they're pretty cheap to rent? Might be hard to get one in Boston, not a lot of scuba diving here. It's something people are more likely to do in the tropics. I guess you can Gate.:

:I can only Gate to a place I have visited before, and it is exhausting – I could make it one way, I think, if I did know the destination, but it would exhaust my reserves and my body would need days to replenish unaided, there is no external source of energy here: 

:...okay then probably no Gate. But I bet we have some scuba divers, it's a big place.:

:I hope that it works: He really isn't sure what he's going to do otherwise. :Maybe sleep will help: It is kind of late at this point; fatigue doesn't usually hit him like this, but combined with a complete and utter lack of ambient magic...

Well, they can get home and he can get to sleep and see if that helps.

Leareth lets Lev do the navigating, and once they're back to Lev's house he heads for the bedroom and sits down on the bed and puts his head in his hands; it's finally all right to drop his poise. Is there anything urgent he needs to deal with before sleep...? Wards, checked, there. Food, seems important. "Lev, I should probably eat something." 

Lev opens up an appliance in the corner of his kitchen, retrieves a cardboard box, opens it, and puts the stuff in it in another smaller box on the counter. 

Once the smaller box dings, he brings it to Leareth, and Leareth has mashed potatoes, vegetables, and meatloaf on a flimsy plate made out of some kind of stiff paper.

It's not particularly tasty, especially not compared to the pizza from before, but he eats it and then puts the weird paper plate on the floor and lies down on the bed, fully clothed and without bothering to pull the blankets over himself. He's asleep within seconds. 

Oh no Leareth is VERY good and it is nice to watch him sleep.

Lev goes to sleep on the couch.

Leareth wakes to the sunrise. He feels...about 20% more capable of forming coherent thoughts, and he tries to take some notes on the conversation with Asher before wandering out into the living room to see if Lev is awake. 

Lev is awake!

:I was thinking about how to visit Cascadia without any documents and I realized I don't know what your magic can do.: