"Even that is overselling it," Chris replies. Mister Keeper said that he couldn't tell Chris the rules because that's one of the rules. Mister Keeper said '...stay away from the dead. They're mine. You've been warned.' and vanished. His interventions have been sporadic and largely unhelpful.

At Jeff's little stories about the 'errors' in his trial and error, Chris offers up a small smile of their own. It does make Chris feel a little less... lost and stupid, on the subject of their magic.

"That... might be nice. I can't promise that I'll be particularly useful for your own trials, but... we could try."