"Hm," he says, tapping his chin. "So not everyone new to the bar is bound. That's interesting. I wonder if your mother being here prior to you has anything to do with it." He's going to go ahead and file that away as interesting, too. He'd sure love to get his hands on those books.

Then he blinks rapidly. "Wait, where did you say you were from? 'Magical Land'?" he asks, brow crinkling. "You can't be serious."