"Oh my gosh, no," Keyleth blurted out. Pacts with demons were how Exandria ended up with, say, firearms, Percy de Rolo III. Or, okay, that was how it worked for warlocks sometimes, but this conversation probably shouldn't go there.

She tilted her head.

"Is that . . . is that how magic works in your world? It's different for everybody here whose world has it, but that's one I hadn't heard before."