[ He's right that there's more going into it than she's specifically indicating -- it's a combination of several spells. Fire, shape, color, movement. But that's a lot for someone who obviously has no magical background, and she knows that because she was one of them. No magic at all until she came into this world, and it was months and months before she even started to learn what she was capable of.

She shrugs. ] Not really. I mean, I guess you can consider that fire is like, a buildin' block of existence? It's the one element that people have to make on their own. It's simple. Like, almost instinct.

[ She thinks it's one of those natural things that just is. Fire simply is easiest for almost everyone. It's a common expression of accidental magic by children, based on what Julie was told. Outside of Nott, those little sparks are usually suppressed until they go to school and learn the "proper" way to do magic. Academic ways. But Julie learned in Nott, where they teach Wild Magic, all emotions and power of will. Pure magic id, almost. ]