[ He will never beat the dork allegations, but it seems he's long resigned to that. Social anxiety makes people do incredible things.

Though his gaze does linger long on the flame as it curls about her fingers, attention rapt. ]

Oh, yeah. Makes sense to me. I guess what we've got is more... [ forgive me i have no idea how explain this stupid ass gacha game mechanic but god am i trying (what is an attribute, hoyo. what is it.) ] like an affinity, I guess. Mostly for combat. You can route it through weapons, so it doesn't sound all that dissimilar. Never thought about seeing if I couldn't get my weapon back though... something tells me our hosts wouldn't take kindly to anything capable of bringing this place to the ground.

[ Eventually, he does turn his attention back to the slowing wheel. ]

But let's see if you've got better luck than I did.

[ ...not difficult... ]