It's not unheard of for someone to have tons of raw magical and physical power where Popp is from. It's very heard of, because everyone knows what a Demon Lord is, and Popp in particular knows a lot about the other kind of being with that kind of destructive power. It's a little scary that he's so used to being able to do that and is quick with those particular examples. But he can't do it right now and Popp's been hurled violently across the landscape by more physically intimidating people, he just flinches a little and goes right back into normal conversation.

"So the reason the dragons picked out me instead of one of the actual Dragon Knights - strength of a dragon, magic power of a darkling, heart of a human - might be because this place isn't equipped to handle all of that all at once and gives you a backlash...?"

He is casually mentioning what a Dragon Knight is to let Sephiroth know that he is cool about whatever non-human hybrid stuff that he probably has going on. It is a touchy subject for a lot of people.

"I don't need a lake as big as this whole clearing, but one maybe a quarter of the size would work if I don't go wild on dualcasting."

The slowly heating and slowly cooling buns don't have different scents, which Popp does not pick up on because he's right up against his limits of how many things he can keep track of lately. He's not going to go wild on dualcasting.