I... [ he pauses. ] Yeah, I did for most of my life...

[ his fingers tug at a leather cord looped twice around his neck and he glances down at it kind of sadly. it's just a cord that looks like maybe it used to be tied around something. ]

Work was the thing that got me in trouble, though. This guy wanted a specialty toy designed for him with this really stunning gemstone in it...

And it ended up sending me to a completely different world? With magic...?