God, I wish. Sorry, I didn't-- [ get the chance to audition for the X-Factor, he almost blurts. but he doesn't. good on him. ] --get to choose my natural arcana.

[ not that he would have picked healing anyway since healing is slow and boring magic, but that's another thing. ]

Even transmutational magic would be nice since then I could just. Change water into alcohol, but. [ he gestures dismissively with his hand. ] Most of that sort of magic is considered off limits. Enticing people with the probability of creating a philosopher's stone just seems like a one-way ticket to kickstarting the apocalypse.