That matches up with what little Jade has seen of his curse so far, so he nods, allowing the subject to be changed.

"What do you know about breaking curses?" He asks, then quickly clarifies: "Not your curse, I don't care about that. But I think Professor Eichel placed some sort of binding spell on me."

He did the same thing to you, he says mentally, but decides not to say it out loud just yet.