[ Five squints a little at that. Of course he remembers her mentioning 'bio-dampening' in place of 'magic', and he'd buy that if it wasn't a rusty cage on a pirate ship. ]

So you could tell. [ He also remembers her saying that she couldn't feel anything when he asked. After a pointed silence, he huffs out a breath and shakes his head. ] You know, most of the people the Merchant picks up have some sort of ability. That's probably what got you here, so there's no point in hiding it from me.