I had to draw the aether from myself, where it would usually- at least, upon my star- be all around us. It means I cannot create anything quite on the scale of what I could back home without tiring myself out- although, I never was very good at manipulating aether in the first place.

[He smiles sheepishly, as if he wasn't actually capable of far more than he lets on.]

Is... being a mage a good or a bad thing where you are from?