Private What's With All of That Mana?

The library wasn't Darzih's favorite place. Not here, anyway. When no books were in a language he could read, it was only useful as a quiet place to study. Even the outside was relatively quiet compared to the rest of the campus, allowing Darzih to sit in a grassy area in front of the large building. There, he laid on his stomach while trying to figure out the laptop he had been issued. Every couple of seconds or so he would check a few sheets of paper stapled together, giving him instructions on different aspects of the laptop and some basic internet safety tips.

Figuring out the laptop wasn't the hard part. Using the keyboard with his hands was. A good chunk of his hands was hard and not fleshy at all. He was given one of the larger laptops, but that still didn't fix the problems he was having. If not for how prominent technology was in this world, he would have thrown this thing away.

Darzih could sense someone approaching him, but he didn't acknowledge the person. Not until they spoke. He barely knew anyone on this island, so being spoken to always surprised him a little.

He looked up from his laptop, taking any chance to ignore that stupid thing. The person was floating. They had no legs. Based on how they were wearing an open shirt, they were likely male, but with there being no nipples, Darzih wondered if there was an exception made for them.

"Hello... Is there something a matter, or are you just here for a conversation? I'm fine with either. I have nothing better to do." He shut his laptop.

Was his language charm translating a word he wasn't aware of? Based on how the stranger was speaking, they were surely asking about an aspect of his identity.

"I don't know what a Krun is. It's not a term I've ever heard used before. Do you mind explaining?" Darzih almost made a comment about his horn, but it was hard to say if that was a part of him he always had or something he was given.

Krun. He would need to make note of that if they were common enough for the stranger to ask him. Or were Krun so uncommon they were supposed to see what may be one?

"I'm from another dimension, so I don't know about all the species here. I'm still getting caught up on the most common ones. This isn't the first time I've heard about horned creatures being filled with magic. Unicorns come to mind, but dragons seem to fit the type too."

It looked like they were both in the same position: newcomers to the island who knew little to nothing about how things worked. That managed to get a genuine smile out of Darzih. Sure, the stranger only spoke to him because of his mana, but that was how life would always be.

"I am. My name is Darzih." He couldn't help but be a little intrigued by the way the stranger moved in the air. They were like one of those merpeople he heard about. "The school was not kidding about there being newcomers every day. Despite only arriving here a week ago, I've met several people who have arrived after me."