Mai nodded and smiled a little. He picked up a water bottle that had been thrown on the ground and held it up. "There are lots of different kinds of magic," he said. "And typically a wizard can only use one." He tossed the bottle into the air and flicked his wrist in its direction. The bottle kept falling, but it was like it was in slow motion. It was practically hovering in the air.<br/><br/>"I use motion magic," Mai said. "Most of magic is just belief and natural talent, but if you want to get good there's some things you have to be taught. For instance, there are lots of different charms and each one does something different. Some people can get by on instinct and just trust themselves to summon the correct charm without really knowing what they're doing. But if you ever summon the wrong one you're not going to do what you were planning on." Mai flicked his wrist and the water bottle began floating upward. "The first motion charm I cast was for slowing inanimate objects down. This is one that controls direction. But I'm using a weaker one, so even though I can change its course I can't override the slow motion charm. So sometimes there are different charms that serve the same purpose, they just have different strengths. Of course, the real strength of the charm depends on the wizard."<br/><br/>Reina tilted her head to the side. "I'm not getting the whole charm thing. Is it just you flicking your wrist like that?"<br/><br/>Mai smiled a little, "Well that has something to do with it. I'll explain the basics. Magic is an energy that nearly everyone has inside of themselves. Kind of like adrenaline. You're body releases adrenaline when you're excited or scared. You're body releases magic when you focus, believe and want it to happen. It has a path that it follows through your body. Then, used magic energy seeps out through your skin. That's called an aura. Wizards can see auras really clearly. Non-wizards usually can't, but if the aura is powerful enough sometimes they can feel it. It's kind of like a shiver, or a pressure. Anyway, when you're summoning a charm it means you're forcefully pulling the energy out of your body, and shaping it into a symbol. Most wizards pull it out though their hands, then it makes a flat circular pattern of various sizes. Again, most non-wizards can't see it, but it's actually floating right in front of my hand right now."<br/><br/>"So you flick your wrist to force the aura out to make the charm?" Reina asked.<br/><br/>"That's pretty much it," said Mai. "But most wizards do it a different way. Whatever works the best for them. Flicking my wrist works for me, so that's what I do."<br/><br/>Reina laughed, "I get it. But I just noticed: you're really long-winded when you can talk normally."<br/><br/>Mai blushed and sank just a little in his chair. "Um... sorry."