"She took your magic completely by accident? And if she won't talk to you again, then there's no way to even begin to try and get it back."

Well this just sounds better and better. Or well, the opposite of that really. It's so Not Good Steve can't help but to bite his lip in real worry for his friend.

"I don't know many. Just the Durants. They're powerful mages but they all have a niche specialization and they definitely don't work for free. Well, Viatorus might. He's always working to help folks in the Nexus, like he did during the Nightmare fiasco. But the rest of his family, not so much."