Temple blinks, multiple times, when she explains this and after a pause he says "Yeeesh. That is an interesting mix of ups and downs. At this point I should mention that I am not a tourist type of traveler. I'm originally from a cluster of worlds where everyone gets to be reincarnated once per world. I was sent world-hopping as a means to add more worlds to the cycle and to find a world with some sort of eternal life. Also, I have foreign magic. At least one of which can feed the magic-hungry-things, and another that should be suited to help with the task."