( she has no idea what that is supposed to mean so no comment gets put on it. yet. maybe when she knows something about magic she'll come back and ask him.

the idea of rote memorisation strikes something with her though. if it'll save her having to keep going back to a book to read it again? it'd have to be the way... if she could get around the intonation )

Let me guess -- he's been here for a while and also already had magic?

( she's sensing a theme here )

What about basic things before even having to deal with magic? Is there a guide for "so you've been summoned..."?