"No."

"There could be a healer."

"No, there could not."

"Didn't mean you."

"...then who."

"Someone! Or one of us could pick it up."

"Bit familiar for less than an hour's acquaintance."

"I'm not married to the idea, it's just the prototypical thing to do here at the Academy, isn't it?"

"Sure, just make sure to shop around, parties come and go."

"Yep!"

"So, why a mage?"

"Why not a mage?"

"Stabbing things is cool?"

"Setting things on fire is cool."

"Ah, a firebug, I see."

"I'm not a firebug, I just like raw magic."

"To set things on fire."

"Or freeze them! Or do stuff like this." His spoon floats up to his face so he can take the next spoonful of food.

"...you got a telekinesis spell?"

"Not exactly. This one I figured out the hard way, I haven't gotten any proper Skills yet. Though I think I'm at three or four potential right now, maybe."

"Oh you got telekinesis yourself, like manually?"

"Yeah!"

"Are you sure there's no elven ancestry in there somewhere?"

"It's a pretty small spell, nothing very fancy. Surely you knew how to use those knives even prior to learning any Skills with them."

"I thought it was a lot less straightforward with spells."