Oh, some of that does sound familiar. Especially considering how much time he's spending in Yokohama with the Chinese population there. His buddy Zhao used to lead their Liumang, but uh... some shit happened. Small coup. No big deal. Ichi doesn't even quite formulate the thought of mentioning Zhao because he is immediately distracted by this 'spiritual cultivation'. He inhales audibly, his face lightning up with delight.

"That's awesome," he agrees enthusiastically. "Man, I knew that something supernatural had to be going on with this weird library, but I still wasn't expecting any of us to be mages."

Sometimes you can't quite get around to believing it until you see it, and he's so used to magic being all in his head. Speaking of,

"I've been imagining our host skills as magic..."