"I don't think I understand what you mean."

"Do you like butterflies?"

"Yes, they're so pretty!"

"I think I annoyed Mr. Delgado earlier today."

"Yes, well, very easy to annoy, that one, don't mind him too much."

"I have some questions to ask about magic, if you have a minute or ten?"

"Certainly! What can I help you with?"

He had to try.

"So, uh, what's special about these schools of magic? Are you only allowed to learn one of them at a time, or?"

"No, nothing like that, you can learn any spells or potions there are to learn."

Hmm.

"How do you learn new spells and potions?"

"You can be taught them, or you can practice on your own and eventually learn them that way."

"...you... learn how to cast spells by 'practicing'?"

"Yes."

"So there isn't, like, a magic school or anything like that."

"No."

"How do you learn magic by practicing?"

"You practice the magic and then you learn it."

"...alright. So, suppose I turned into a spellcaster now. What would I do, would I get a magic wand? A broomstick? Would I know how to do magic already?"

"You don't need a wand to perform magic, but some spellcasters find that it agrees with them."

"Do wands make magic more powerful or something?"

"Of course not."

"So what are they... for?"

"Some spellcasters prefer to use them."

That doesn't answer his questionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn he's starting to feel like there's just no way for him to get a good understanding of how magic works without becoming a witch himself also he's impatient no you know what uncross that out he's gonna own it he's impatient and he wants magic, damnit.

"I'd like to become a spellcaster. How would I do that?"