Meesei had completed her enchantment and had taken interest in Fendros and Ahnasha's conversation, as it was of something she had a great deal of knowledge about. She discarded the now-destroyed soul gem fragments and packed away the enchanted necklaces, then approached the pair sitting by the building. 

"I believe I may be able to answer that question better than Ahnasha." Meesei said, taking a seat in front of them. "The short answer would be: yes and no. I know, aspects of the Hist are rarely simple enough to be explained briefly. In the instance of the magic I believe you are referring to, the Hist did not grant that knowledge to me. I had to learn it just as any other mage would. These old ways of using magic, however, are traditions passed down through many generations. Our connections with the Hist give us a different way of seeing the world than that of other races. It allowed the earliest of my kind insight into the forces that shape the world which they would not have otherwise seen. They used that insight to study and discover aspects of magic which they then passed down, eventually to me. Argonians are not the only group with unique knowledge, of course. Any group with strong traditions and any manner of isolation can harbor unique forms of magic. The Psijic monks are the best example I can think of. The HIst are helpful for keeping such traditions alive, however. Their relationship to Argonians is often hard to understand from an outside perspective, as your father's beliefs would demonstrate. They sound like rumors that were corrupted through generations of retelling."