[ What kind of world must he live in, where magic is not an abomination, but available to everyone? Where ships sail the skies and the seas and people ride birds like horses? ]

It certainly sounds less so than yours. [ Nina shakes her head and glances up at the sky -- no clouds, not yet. Would acid rain even come from clouds? ] I can't imagine what grows here would be very friendly, if even the water it feeds fr[ ]om is acid.