It was sinking in slowly, yes. Xig could be glad for that, at least. His brain was more like mud than sand-- things could still stick, along with the rest of the crap in there. He nodded about the Axel thing, because that hurt a lot.
"..can I do magic too?" Not that he likely hasn't tried in the past, but it didn't hurt to ask did it?
He kept up behind Xig, now wrapping his scarf up over his right eye like a gaudy eyepatch with a bow. Maybe he was making homage to his master. Whatever. Kid was ADD like hell.