Oh boy, Thomas. Magicman thinks he's interesting and frankly he finds Thomas' reaction to technology really funny. He may exploit this a couple times when he's in need of amusement, maybe.

He does want to work out what exactly is his deal with his focus on humanity's progress rather than technology itself, so that's also one of his motivators in helping Thomas (apart from just wanting to help) - he wants to find out the root cause of that line of questioning being prioritised. What are you thinking, human.