You mean, it's not always this doom and gloom around here. I've only been here the last few weeks so that explains why everyone isn't entirely moody and depressed. [Well, that gives him SOME hope that this world isn't quite this dark.]

In my world, you're either born with the ability to use magic or not. How does the magic of your world work then? That would be... something.

[Something kind of awesome, though he's loathe to admit that, once upon a time, he would have snubbed his nose at the offer to learn any sort of magic.]