"It's something we learned a while back." He started playing a softer chord on the guitar. "Did I never tell you the story?

"The first time I was face to face with Doc, he didn't see me at all! But after talking to the Trash Heap, I'd discovered why: he'd lost the 'magic,' the way some Silly Creatures do. But she told me something that's stuck with me ever since. You cannot leave the magic. Cantus gave me a little wisdom too, that once Doc touched me, and I touched him, he'd be able to see me. Well, I went back up to that workshop in time to hear the news that Doc was losing his best friend, who was moving away for his health. And that... well, that hit me right in the heart, you know? I knew what that felt like. I put my hand on his, and that was that. He looked at me for the very first time."