Smish crossed his eyes for a moment or two, "You daughter of Queen Mal?  Queen Mal is powerful witch.  She make me live here.  Smish thing Queen Mal scared of Smish."<br/><br/>He thumped his chest and beamed,  "Smish strong, smish not smart, but Queen's magic not work on Smish."<br/><br/>Apparently Wahida's magic wasn't working on Smish.  This must be why Cash wanted to recruit him... someone immune to magic would be a powerful weapon in this world.  Unfortunately Wahida was having trouble figuring out how to get through to him.  He didn't seem to understand the conversation very well.