[ Joshua gets it. Yuri finishes munching another baby carrot before he responds, as is proper with polite company. And Joshua is thoroughly polite. ]

Our continued service, supposedly. It may in part be tied to more...zealous work, the more one wants to gain from them, but I've not dabbled in it myself.

[ Hard to devote oneself to a cause they believe to be founded on deception. He has given the matter of new magic some thought, but from an angle he considers more favorable in theory. ]

Though one might also learn a trick or two from other casters. Haven't tried it myself, but you'd think people could teach one another, if our power source is rendered the same by this place.