"Yes. I'm a practitioner of it, you could say. I'm also no stranger to allowing people to think I'm in danger when there isn't any." There's actual humor in both his eyes and voice as he says the last part. Though he suspects his taking an arrow to the chest to shock a would-be thief for his own amusement is slightly different than pretending to be in danger of drowning for a carnival show.

"Are you using a personal brand of magic or can someone else learn the secret behind your tricks?" It was the magic that had drawn his interest in the magician after all. Perhaps he could learn something new or at least of a new magic while he was here. A small side benefit one could say.