"Cole was a spirit mage. Rare. Untrained." And it was in part what had drawn Compassion's attention. Not a spirit medium, Cole doesn't think, but maybe he was, like Rhys. "I can't do magic because Cole wished for a life where he never had it."

So this Cole had other skills. His own innate magics, but not like the mage. Spirit powers, not mortal ones.

Looking between them, Cole pointed at the vanilla. "It's sweet, but not overwhelming." For someone who doesn't eat and thus doesn't get exposed much to flavour, the other two are very powerful.