This young man's ethereal quality does not put Altaïr at ease, despite the ready explanation of what can only be thought of as sensing energy. In a short amount of time here, and even a bit in his own world, Altaïr has seen marvels that most people would explain as magic, even his own second sight. But Altaïr is a man of science. He pragmatically only believes what he can see the evidence of. If sensing energy is something this person can do, so be it, but it is simply another facet in the natural order of things. Surely.

"You have determined its purpose, to keep monsters away? Or is this just a guess? I had wondered about that," he concedes the reason for his upward staring at the tower with a slight lifting of his stubbled chin.