"Most likely, yes."

"Good to know."

"Now try asking a question about magic."

Hmmmm that thing Odette mentioned about discerning whether mind magic was harmless or not what's that like? Should be doable, she has prior experience with and information about chip-based mental alteration, she just needs to compare to the magic kind.

There's no mind magic of any kind around.

What would it be like if there were?

Nope.

"I don't seem to be able to get a complete answer to what I had in mind but I have been informed that there is no mind magic about."

"...Yes. What kind of answer were you looking for?"

"I wanted to know what it would be like if there were."

"How did you expect to find that out without any to check against?"

"I was hoping my informative magic might inform me. Perhaps I need more context about what things it can and cannot tell me."

"It doesn't pull information from nowhere. You need something to--consult."

"Consult?"

"There needs to be a--source for the information."

"I don't think I understand."

"Well...say you want to know how many sections there are in an orange. That isn't an inherent fact about the universe, so if there aren't any oranges in range for the magic to consult it can't tell you the answer."

"And the range is..."

"Depends how strong you are."

"According to what function?"

"More power greater range."

"...I'm sorry. I don't know exactly how it works."

"I am assuming, perhaps erroneously, that you have a general idea of how much practice corresponds to approximately how much range, whether that range varies by the type of magic used or whether one is achieving motion or divination or something else... I am beginning from absolutely no background information about the subject, at all, and things you can normally omit from even beginners' lessons are likely to be new to me."

"You can stretch your range if you focus on that. Most people deliberately try to do as little magic as possible for the desired result, I'm sure data exists on how range corresponds to power level all other things being equal, but it's not my area. I can find someone who does know, though."