The reaction has Kahlil giving him a a curious look tinged with something like sympathy. He's sized the younger man up, knows that he can't have a weapon on him and whatever powers he may or may not have in his own world have been temporarily disabled by his arrival through the well. There's no real physical threat here even if the stranger reactively were to lash out in fear. Kahlil would rather not cause him fear, though.

So, he shrugs lightly. Answers the question honestly, and with a little more detail than he normally might.

"Some newcomers arrive from places with no magic at all. Others are like me, where it's much more rare," he offers a smile, eyebrows raised. "Thorne was shocking to me when I first arrived. All the little ways they use magic in their daily lives, it wasn't something I was used to."