"It is," he nods, huffing out a little chuckle. "People can call it whatever they want, but it doesn't change the fact that magic is real. The way we talk about it back home, it's... more for their sake than ours."

The 'they' in question being, of course, people who can't do magic.

And hey, Jeff perks up right along with her. "Oh! Could be! That's how it used to be where I'm from! I mean, up until we let the cat out of the bag." He waves a hand. "That's more my grandparents' time than mine. I bet it's totally a thing in your world!"