Ah, then the terminology is different between our worlds.

[Maybe insult of it is not different, he might have defaulted to the insulting word, but she has an air about her that reminds him of what he's heard about the witch of the wilds and of Merrill.. so it came out without much thought.]

I suppose a better terminology would be mage - a user of magics. You claimed to have spoken with the cat earlier, is that not magic?