She paused and thought for a moment. "Well, it is rather true, isn't it? Magic always seems to protect children -- so innate within us from a very young age, keeping us rather hale and certainly safer than those without magic when it comes to accidents." After all, most children tended to bounce when it came to magic and such. "The same can be said of fools as well, I think." It was a saying she'd grown up hearing. She grinned just a trifle crookedly when he came out of whatever mental rabbit hole he'd gone down, though; believe it or not, she was familiar with taht sort of thing.
"Do not worry," she assured him. "I have done the same." She looked very pleased at the compliment, especially since he did seem to know his way around a spell. She loved talking shop with people, except most people either weren't on her level of skill or had no desire to talk with her. "I took an extra focus on Runic Warding last year, swallowed up six months of my life but it was very much worth it," she told him. "Now I don't have to outsource a lot of the warding work, but it also adds an aspect to this. I did it because I was studying some old Norse charms, but their charms work and their rune work are all tangled up in each other. I don't regret doing it in the least." And she'd gotten an acclaimed article out of it, at least, her alter-ego had.
"Yes. The focus is all consuming, working on multiple levels of thought." She waved her gauzed hands in the air slightly. She then shrugged. "I almost always end up working alone. Elroy, the usual shop boy, he isn't advanced enough. And my aunt has pretty much given up the work, except to assist with a few things here and there. She handles the business end of things."
She listened closely and nodded. "Still, rather interesting. I'm sure the variety keeps you on your toes." Though she wondered, a little, if focussing more strongly would give him more pleasure. She knew it did her. "So long as you get to practice, right?"