Ah, yes. As I've come to understand, this is shockingly more common that I'd have believed.

[ he talks with his hands a lot for the record, and is currently doing it now. constant wide gestures. ]

It's very strange to hear that one's entire life's purpose, study, and soul is simply ... non-existent in other worlds. I suppose it doesn't help that it is slightly difficult to demonstrate when the Weave is suppressed here, though I imagine there have been flashes and bits of the arcane enough.