"...a lot? I couldn't do it for very long."

 "Huh, okay. Spirits can move stuff around a lot."

"They don't get tired?"

"I don't think so."

"Huh."

"I've never really talked to one."

"Why not?"

"Most of them avoid humans."

"Why?"

"...Because most magicians don't treat them well."

Frown. "Why?"

"Most magicians don't see spirits as people. Not Her Majesty, though, she's trying to fix it."

"Why does that mean magicians don't treat them well?"

"Spirits have more magic than magicians. Magicians kidnap and imprison spirits so they can steal their magic."

"Oh. Will magicians want to kidnap me for my magic?"

"No. I don't know if they can do it to elementals in general, but no one's going to want to piss off Her Majesty by coming after you."

"Oh. Good."

"Maybe we should check, though? You don't have to actually hurt a spirit to use their magic, if you're okay with it maybe one of Her Majesty's siblings could check."

"...what if it turns out they can though?"

"Then I guess you'll be down a little bit of magic but they're not gonna kidnap you over it and it doesn't even permanently hurt spirits and then Her Majesty will know she has to figure out how to make people not kidnap elementals."

"Would it be like... making me a little tireder, or making it so I have less when I'm not tired?"

"...I don't know. But we could ask first."

"Will they know? Since I'm not a spirit."

"If it works at all it probably works like with spirits?"

"Hmmm."