thank you! bonding over magic sounds great, and i'm thinking they've got a chaotic vibe streak that's just wide enough to not care that he's cursed (being a little bit cursed builds character!) or that he's got his own thieving to get up to on his personal and professional time. i'm open to anything from having crossed paths out in the world before to one of them saving the other and it ending in a since you owe me a life debt of honor/thanks for the rescue would you like a job? sort of thing.