[He gives her a small, forced, uncomfortable smile but nods, apparently resigned to his fate. He guesses it's sort of a fair trade off.]

Magic? Why assume anything I've just said about the City has anything to do with magic? [Maybe it's simply semantics but, from their brief exchange, his new acquaintance seems very intelligent, so he's a little disappointed she continues to simple chalk things up to a force that simply doesn't exist. If nothing else, he supposes he's willing to hear why she thinks it's magic.

He tries to follow along with what she means about time and how her home doesn't exist.] How does your home not exist?

[He shakes his head.] I didn't even know shit like this was a thing. That there was more than one... universe, or whatever you want to call it.