"I do not doubt that when our joinings are complete we will have access to a host of new abilities. The way magic works in this world, for instance, is different than my own. Finishing our bonding process would make us akin to a native of this place, and as such it should then be possible to utilize said magic."

At least, that's his hypothesis. He's been able to use his own magic just fine, and has been able to translate it into using the energies of this place - but there's something to be said about learning a land's own energies, being part of that... well. They shall see.

"But what I speak of does not have to do with what may come. You are proficient with materia, yes?" he waits for the response before continuing.