"Do your hands still ache even with the magic?" And, given how magic translates...oddly into Thedas, the rest of the question becomes clear: "Or do they only ache because you're not able to use magic to alleviate the pain anymore?"

Magic to treat wounds is hardly unheard of. But magic in a longer term, subtly used at all times? That is. Doesn't mean it never happens, but he doesn't think it's truly possible, either. Not the way magic is understood in Thedas. The power runs out eventually, the effort too great to sustain.

But there's this topic of pain and magic, and Strange is a Rifter. Mobius has heard the stories as well as anyone else. Has argued, if mildly, with Wysteria. At the risk of getting too personal, he has to keep asking questions. It's the only way he's going to learn anything. "Does any of it keep the shard from aching?"