They traded piles, and Loki was very glad he'd paid attention to which wand was which as she'd held them up. Selecting one, the others were vanished in that same shimmer of green magic. This one was the one that turned itself invisible and cast other very minor spells.
Loki himself didn't use wands with his magic. Frigga had trained him, and it had been yet one more way he was different from his brother. From the other boys entirely, given the type of magic he'd studied was often associated with the feminine. Studying it in his hand, prying into the weave of the spell. Tightly knit, and layered--this was the spell that turned itself invisible while casting other, more minor spells.
It was as if the outermost spell-layer was knit over many looser threads in an effort to bind them. Yet some escaped in little tufts. At least, that's how it appeared from all he could tell. He was using his own knowledge as reference, so there was a chance he could be wrong--this world had its own rules.
After a moment of study, he held it away from himself, and gave it an experimental flick.
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Loki himself didn't use wands with his magic. Frigga had trained him, and it had been yet one more way he was different from his brother. From the other boys entirely, given the type of magic he'd studied was often associated with the feminine. Studying it in his hand, prying into the weave of the spell. Tightly knit, and layered--this was the spell that turned itself invisible while casting other, more minor spells.
It was as if the outermost spell-layer was knit over many looser threads in an effort to bind them. Yet some escaped in little tufts. At least, that's how it appeared from all he could tell. He was using his own knowledge as reference, so there was a chance he could be wrong--this world had its own rules.
After a moment of study, he held it away from himself, and gave it an experimental flick.