[Linhardt, on the other hand, was literally born magical and has been consciously doing magic since he was a toddler. He's as familiar with being magical as he is breathing. Doesn't everybody know at least the basics?]

You're the one who leaped at the opportunity for adventure without asking clarifying questions.

[If Laenor bothers to look backwards, he'll find Linhardt rolling his eyes. Whoever this person is, he seems to be like Caspar: Running headlong into the nearest conflict without doing any due diligence. Hence Linhardt's instinctual devolution into snark.]

Do you react to every situation you don't understand by calling it nonsense? Whether it's a trick or not, we're here and have to deal with that.

So unless you have a better idea, I'm going to follow the heat rivers. You can stay and overheat. I wouldn't recommend it; that's not a pleasant death.