[ he has a very teacher's air about it, as well as a clearly deep passion for it. it is, after all, his entire life. ]

I'm glad I'm able to convey it well. It's probably more disappointing for me than it is for you that at this moment, I cannot. They've managed to suppress it here, somehow. I cannot cast.

I do have to admit I find it quite disorienting. There was a time in my life I was more afraid of the loss of my magic than I was of death itself.