Is that... it looks like she's got it? He's not sure if... the looping arrows are meant to imply... some kind of change of state, and not just things staying the same, then he's not sure what that would mean. But...

Okay. So. Probably not some kid pulling a prank, if they can magically transmute objects. There's less reason to doubt the teleporting-snake explanation.

But that means there's a parallel world with flat topography and switchy magic and snake monsters. He has to seriously inquire about this, now.

...And he can't do that.