"Wizards," he corrects not unkindly, "though I suppose I'm a type of mage." It wasn't a term that came up much, at home.

"I don't work, where I'm from. Didn't. But I served on the board of a school, supported various political causes, that sort of thing." If it sounds like old money, there's a reason. "A wizard is what I am, it wasn't how I made a living." It's an odd thing to have to explain.