It does.

Bounce.

Ee.

"Okay, so--how much biology do you know?"

"Uh, like internet common knowledge and mediocre schooling amounts? Cells exist. Genetics are a thing."

"Fair enough. So, like, if you think about the details of what the body does when a cut heals, and you focus on causing that to happen instead of just 'healing,' that'll be cheaper, magically speaking."

"I dunno how cuts heal but I could look it up. Cheaper means it hurts less?"

"And has less side-effect, yeah."

"Then I will look stuff up."

"If you wanted to focus on it rather than just sort of having it as an option things would get more in-depth--we have less technology than Amenta, but thanks to magic we know more science things than Amenta did at a comparable tech level; I have about three quarters of a biology education that an Amentan university wouldn't be ashamed to provide."

"Cool."

"I like our words for stuff better."

"Like what?"

"Like, our word for hydrogen literally translates as stardust."

"Oooh."

"Because stars are mostly hydrogen!"

"You can tell that with magic?"

"Well, we could tell ours is. We were mostly guessing the others work the same way."

"Too far off?"

"Yep."

"How do you get magic to tell you stuff?"

"That one's generally easiest with Sympathy," Odette interjects, still cuddling baby Katin.

"What are the others best for?"

"Conquest is easiest for teleportation," she offers. "Effort...certain kinds of telekinesis."

"I still don't know what I'm good at."

"WAWA," says Katin. Peka holds out her arms.

Odette passes her her daughter back carefully.