[She takes the rod back from him so he can have both hands free, magically stilled fish or otherwise.]

I guess?

[She scrunches her nose up as she says it.]

Well, no, not really. I don't think anything here is very magical unless we bring it back with us. Not like in a... casting spells kind of way. None of us can do that.

[She gestures around her. She has to speak vaguely, but a broad explanation should be fine.]

But this whole place doesn't go by the rules of normal reality. Things get weird. Sometimes they change, like a dream. Weird storage-pond included.