[ Call Matt paranoid. But the last person he came out to as a magic user was a vampire who, it turns out, could read his mind and therefore already knew. Maybe Louis's right, and there's no point in trying to keep secrets around here. Still, stubbornly, Matt persists. ]

Dolphins aren't stupid, [ he protests gently, smiling despite himself. He can't tell how seriously to take this guy's self-professed ignorance. It contains the same inelegant flourishes Matt's used himself in the past, trying to put out just enough bait to determine whether the other person was a practitioner, or at least cool. Not enough to put himself in danger. ] But uh, it's supposed to be for protection against bad spirits. Demonic possession, that kind of thing.