How has he adapted? Not spectacularly. Mostly, it's been a matter of figuring out how much he can't do. He's learned, but he hasn't adjusted.

By learning what is accessible to me here. Magic is just a tool, after all; it is up to the magician to use it well, and any good magician can work with what he is given.

So....... no summons and a few spells, shockingly weak. Cut off, somehow. He isn't telling that to Alice Fitzpatrick. After a thoughtful pause:

This is a discussion better had in person. Allow me to buy you dinner.