He nodded to himself as he spotted the dummy, though she would think it was in response to her statements. "You integrate a bit of your magic into the wand. Too much and you explode the wand. Not enough and you get no effect other than tiring yourself out. Tip, if you are using enough magic to cast an actual spell, you are using FAR too much.<br/><br/>Do you have some wands we can use? I would advise using ones you don't mind losing. Nearly empty wands of magic missile would be my suggestion, or something similar."