[A nod to the last part.] Quite so. You are the second person I've met today to be so lucky, and for that we are likely all fortunate.
[He's too new to know about the magic vs bending thing, so to him it really does seem completely random.]
It really is a world ruled by caprice, after all... This is the first display of this world's famed tricks I have had the chance to witness. I understand better now why I had such trouble receiving concrete information on what to expect from it.