[nehan is as silent and placid as a doll until input is actually needed of him, then he looks up with a raised eyebrow.]

With, or without my magic? [perhaps he should have explained this before, but now is as good a time as any.] You may have noticed as I cut you before, magic infused my knife as it did so.

Magic strengthens my body if I call on it-- and sometimes even when I don't.