"Rune magic? Interesting enough. I'm no wizard but I don't hear that kind of stuff often, compared to the conventional stuff everyone has around here. Slinging fireballs, ignoring bullets. That type of stuff." He made sure to use the word "wizard" instead of falling back to the habit of "thaumaturgist". After all, it had taken him months to wring out the SAD terminology from his head. The last thing he wanted was to talk suspiciously to alert anyone. "You said you were an inn owner, right? Big guy like you, I would've thought you'd be in some kind of security job."