It's not necessarily to live per-say. But we've gotten so used to using it in daily life...it comes as second nature to use it when normal non-magically inclined people aren't around.

We have strict rules and policies laid out by The Magic Council to prevent such things for happening in my world. You could call it a ruling magical government of sorts. [ He pauses as he thinks on how to explain it. ]

Not storytelling, no. A folklorist is a person who studies folklore and traditions while also looking at the social and cultural aspects of said stories. So it's basically a storyteller who analyzes the stories they read. [ A hum. ]

It depends on what you haven't heard already. I'd be happy to oblige sharing more though. [ He always enjoys this kind of thing, he could literally talk for hours about it. ]