"Oh no way!" He grins in actual delight. "Me too! So it's-" Huh, that's a little different. "Transmutation? Man, I don't know a lot of people who can do that." She says it like it's no big deal, but where he comes from, that's pretty huge. Even if she only does small things. Channeling matter is one thing - reconverting it? That's huge.

He rubs the back of his neck. "Magic-handler," he confirms. "Self-taught. Uh, matter manipulation, mostly." That's the quick answer that doesn't get into all the awkward questions. At a glance, Sunshine doesn't seem the judgmental sort - well, at least not about this, no more than his own squirrel self could be - but it's still not something he wants to just dive into yet. He always feels like he's writing a dissertation he's never gonna get credit for.

"So - wait." His thoughts catch up eventually. "Wait. You said this is... a dream?" He looks back at Sunshine's shoulder, in the general direction of the bee. Yeah, he's gonna need some elaboration on that point, cause this feels pretty fuckin real.

"Finally gonna follow up on that, huh," says Persis dryly.