[The why is definitely complicated, and not something he's permitted to come clean about, but even if he's not smart enough not to sell contraband lyrium out of the back of his shop, at least he's smart enough to know how to answer her question.]
Well, I always had a knack for apothecary, so I'm going into being a healer. And it's a way to use the, um, magic-thing, in a way that's not adding to anyone's problems.
[He might have assumed someone told her he's a mage, but he hasn't told her himself. He doesn't really tell people, per se, and if no one has told her, she's in for a rude shock.]
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Date: 2018-07-11 02:12 am (UTC)Well, I always had a knack for apothecary, so I'm going into being a healer. And it's a way to use the, um, magic-thing, in a way that's not adding to anyone's problems.
[He might have assumed someone told her he's a mage, but he hasn't told her himself. He doesn't really tell people, per se, and if no one has told her, she's in for a rude shock.]