[ When Petra says she believes him, there's a small weight lifted off him as though he was bracing for some other response. Anything, really; there's so many reactions she could've had that would've been all equally reasonable. Then again, being pulled from Fodlan to here through a pool tends to put things in perspective.

Along with that weight lifted his shoulders lose a little of their tension unnoticed even beneath that veneer of a casual act. Crossing convincing Petra of all of this off the list is a start even if he's positive there's other questions yet to come. How could there not be? For now it's enough to watch her study the stars with a small smile of his own on his face - also equally unnoticed. ]

Fortunately for you and rather unfortunately for me, not even I'm that crafty. Though this whole thing seems to be some strange gift from the Singularity, so before too long I'm sure you'll have something too.

[ This ability of his own probably isn't something he should advertise so with some reluctance he closes the mirror to turn their surroundings back into the dining hall around them. Claude doesn't bother to peer this way or that, certain that sudden burst of magic's attracted attention that in retrospect he shouldn't have invited towards either of them. ]

Now feels like a good time to mention that the Free Cities, ah, I suppose the term is frowns upon magic. What they use is geared more towards efficiency in tools and other things used by citizens to get work done or improve lives. I haven't had a chance to see if any is used in healing, so. Professor Manuela would have some thoughts on that. [ A small smile first, then to his actual point. ] I don't know if you learned any magic at the academy, but. Teach made us all learn a few spells just to have backups out on the battlefield, and I haven't used any of it here. Not openly, anyway, other than just making sure they weren't kidding about abilities coming back after arriving.