"Ah, I'd call it less an interest than... a vocation." Not that there was no interest there - quite the contrary. Magic, to Neffa's great happiness, was a consistent source of love and money. "I established my own practice half a year ago." His smile turned rueful-- "Though I haven't seen any business since coming here, as you might imagine."

"And you?" he added, and let a little more of the newcomer come through, a wide-eyed shield against a slightly more dangerous question. "Is your passion for their Games, or...?"