[Mikleo frowns as Elliot goes on. He might not outright say that he's lonely but Mikleo has seen that sadness and isolation in other people. In... himself. He's quiet for a moment, unsure of what to say.

In the end he decides to channel Sorey a little and speak from the heart.]

I know what that's like. All you can do is keep reaching out-- keep working toward finding a way back to them.

You've come this far on your own two feet, haven't you?

[As for the magic...]

There's value in training up your weaknesses. I'll show you runes later since that's more of a passive magical reaction and I brought you out here to cycle your magic.

How about healing spells?