"I wasn't really thinking of anything specific. Really." He's not the best liar. He fidgets too much, overcompensating in his false expressions and then suddenly feeling guilty about them. "I-It's just that it's easy to say magical rituals have power. Of course they do. Even with the ceremonies that don't have an immediate, obvious effect, you put power into them. You make sure they have power. Other ceremonies, secular ceremonies, as you say... They're harder to see. It's harder to know."

Wait, he said something about introductions. Was that a prompt? Oh, that was prompt, wasn't it? He's being rude!

Viatorus scrambles to offer a hand. "I'm Viatorus, by the way. Viatorus Durant. I'm a magical consultant, and scholar. I... I guess that's why I'm thinking about it. I know so much about magic, but... non-magical ceremonies... I haven't thought about as much."