[Not gonna lie, Dipper is touched that Varian trusts him enough with something like this, which is why he is taking it pretty seriously. He nods, knowing very well how Deerington liked to drag out secrets. His first month here put his entire life on display in stained glass.]

[It is also good that Varian knows him will enough to not go cheap on all the interesting magic details. Come to think of it, he knows very little about Varian's world aside from a few things here and there that's come up when they talk. It being full of magic doesn't surprise him, honestly, just based on what he's picked up. Learning about some of the sources, though. It's a lot of self-restraint that keeps him for reaching for his journal again. He doesn't! He behaves.]

...Magic hair is definitely a new one for me. Congrats, I think. Though, the sources coming from the sky is interesting. Maybe they're extra-terrestrial originally? Or maybe-

[He will shake his head though, and wave to show Varian should keep going. He'll get caught up on tangents like this if he doesn't stop himself early.]

Sorry, go on.