[No, he would not find it a very comfortable notion, being turned into an eel. Kamar-Taj wasn't perfect, of course, but he does not recall anyone being transformed into something non-human as a result of being a... not ideal student.
After all, the same would have happened to him, then, once upon a time.]
No. I had to go looking to get trained in magic, not the other way around. And even then, they didn't want me at first.
Magic is dangerous if someone uses it recklessly, of course. But "untrained" doesn't necessarily mean dangerous in my world, it just means someone has untapped potential, or they need to practice controlling what comes naturally to them. Some people have the innate talent for it, and probably go their whole lives without knowing.
There's more than one type of magic, of course. Mine's called Eldritch magic.
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After all, the same would have happened to him, then, once upon a time.]