I have to say, this is the first case of kidnappers caring about the boredom of their prisoners that I've ever run across.

[Then again, the last case of kidnapping he dealt with involved the prisoners being forced to fight each other to the death, which really didn't involve a lot of boredom.]

To be honest, the whole magic thing is a really new concept for me. I didn't even know anything like it was possible until a little while ago, let alone how to reliably harness it.

[Magic is weird and confusing, that's all he knows. And he doesn't like it. Supernatural, that he has a better handle on. Shape shifting and that kind of stuff isn't magic and spells. And then he frowns, brow furrowing.]

Forcibly changed? That really doesn't sound good.

[Nick brightens a bit when his request for a picture is approved, and he pulls out his phone, holding it up to snap a few pictures. It may have no reception, but the camera function works just fine.]

Thanks, man, he's going to - wait, did you say alien?