"I need to be able to know how to do something from their world at the very least. His family doesn't know about the Nexus any more than my fleet does. We're both trying to keep our heads down when we're in the other's world."

Alchemy doesn't take magic to do the basics with though magical theory and a head for science definitely helps and those things Jim can do. For a man without magical aptitude it's at least a school he is learning to understand.

"Oh, I've had one before, actually. When Reynard was perpetuating his winter beyond the season in the Nexus. It works pretty quickly, makes everything way less harsh. The ice is still cold, you know, but it doesn't sting. The wind doesn't bite. You still know it's cold out but everything becomes well within the tolerable levels. It's kind of bizarre but since I was freezing my ass off at the time well worth it."