Still slightly red. "Uh. Thanks?"

"You're welcome, I suppose, but I meant it's kinda odd, eerie even. And some people apparently are born with weird kinds of magic, like, say..." He looks over his shoulder, they're still pretty isolated from the librarian downstairs, so—

"This."

"Uh," he says in response for the third time, continuing his eloquence. "Oh."

"Unlike general magic, this is a free action, I don't need to, like, prepare potions and spells back at home for quick activation or stuff like that."

"Oh. Ok," he says. "But I don't think I get your point."

"My point is that you're basically a sixteen-year-old Bolshoi ballerina, and I have no idea if this is that kind of magic or not but it could be."

"... Bolshoi ballerina? Not the point. You think I'm magic?"

"I dunno, you could just be nonmagically all that, but you stand out, and in my experience that often comes with magic of some sort."

"... Wouldn't I know if I were magic?"

"If all your magic does is make you look hot no matter what you do, maybe not."

Raised eyebrow. Return to redness. "Is that a thing?"

"...which part?"

Even redder. Why, it might almost be in the realm of regular blushing by this point!

Does he really have to say it? "... Magic doing that."

"Well it's certainly possible, I could probably design a spell for that if I wanted, but it'd be expensive to keep it up all the time, in the long run."

"Oh," Theo responds, and it turns out that's about all the contribution he has in him.

"Did I mention you're cute while you're blushing? 'Cause you are."

"Thanks," he says.

"Anyway, do you have any more questions or can I just continue shamelessly flirting with you? I don't exactly have a class prepared on this subject, that was the first time I had to actually use that spell."

"I, uh, don't know," says Theo, which isn't really a response.

If his smiling is any indication, it would appear he likes the flirting. He is still a little bit worried about the magic, though.

"You don't know if you have questions or you don't know if you want me to flirt with you? Not that I could even really call this flirting, I've just been noting the really obvious fact that you're incredibly attractive out loud."

He grins. "The answer to that question is still 'I don't know'. But thanks."

"How about this, then: I give you a few book suggestions on the topic, and I also ask you out, so you discover the answer to both questions?"

"That sounds like a good solution," Theo responds, looking down a bit in embarrassment.

"Awesome, then! So for the easiest part: wanna go out with me? Not necessarily to the Bronze, we could go watch a movie or something."