Pretty lady laughing prompts an involuntary rush of blood to the face that Manabu ever-so-hates, but if he stares and listens with more earnest, surely that won't get noticed as a character flaw of some sort. Any worry about that is immediately benched in light of the little spectacle at play from her palm.

"Woh--wait, seriously?" he blurts, catching himself leaning in and quickly straightening back out. He squints. "Seriously? It's not just a weird trick? Like, real magic...?"

Yes, Manabu, man who hatched out of a giant seed pod, real magic.