[ cue sabo being entirely interested in what g'raha has to say about aether as it sounds like something straight out of a fantasy book that he most likely read as a child. of course it'd be rude to say that so he doesn't. ]

Life and magic, is it? [ a small hum. ] It makes me feel like my home is a little boring in comparatively. I assume that using your aether for spells would be extremely tiring after a while?

[ though, given how he's unable to do any of that here— ]

...though I'm not too surprised to hear of your difficulties. There's a bit that I'm not able to do here as well.