Didn't have a single clue that it was real at all, but considerin' the circumstances, I been re-evaluatin' my stance and such.

[ His casual, pleasant expression seemed to pause for a fleeting second, before he shot her a glance, which seemed to have a sort of tentative sort of excited interest to it, as though he was trying not to get his hopes up. ]

Now, I got to ask... is magic somethin' folks are born with, or is it somethin' folks without it could learn?

[ Magic cowboy potentials... he wanted to be a magic cowboy so bad it made him look stupid. Even if he'd say something along the lines of "something something don't think i could do that i'd blow something up". A man can dream. ]