It's comforting if you thought you were dead, I imagine. And it is interesting.

[ Istredd is a top-notch nerd. Of course he finds talking about the multiverse and alternate timelines fascinating! It may be why he seems very calm and almost laidback as he walks this strange land. He was in the middle of something very important, so that is a problem, but he has taken the situation with a grain of salt for now. ]

I was born with magic. It's rare where I'm from, but everyone can use it here, to varying degrees.

[ People with magic are either taken into the schools and turned into professional mages, or they may have met unfortunate accidents if they didn't make it in training. Or they're never found at all. It's interesting to be just one of many here, although he knows it much better than most. The difference seems to be they don't have longer lifespans here, whereas his people live for hundreds of years. ]

Including you, if you want to learn.