Rinoa's eyes widen as she listens to his story. The world he speaks of has changed so much, and yet both sides of history amaze her in different ways. A world where magic is so commonplace that its users are as normal as any other person with battle prowess, and a world where it's so scarce that people don't even believe it exists. And then of course there's the middle ground, something similar to hers, but...

"In my world, there have only ever really been a few people like that at a time. Because of the one that we fought, and because of one in the past who started a war with her power, all of them are feared. So lots of them stay in hiding, you know?"

And how can she blame them? When Esthar discovered that Edea's power had gone to her, the first thing they did was lock her up.

"There's something called para-magic that everyone can use, though. A scientist created it. But there are lots of things that para-magic can't do that natural magic users can."