[Again, he listens, even if there are moments where it seems like Julie is grasping for the right words, the exact way to put thoughts into explanation. He isn’t surprised about Caden’s perspective on magic — he had gotten that impression quickly enough from his time spent at the summit.

The recipe analogy is one he can inherently understand, though, and once more his thoughts trickle back to Wanda — magic that runs on emotion, dangerous if running purely on impulsivity and a lack of control. But without restrictions, without even so much as a spell book, an incantation, or a few wayward hand gestures to cast. Powerful and malleable; likely more than anything he could conjure up himself with all of Kamar-Taj’s resources.

Stephen’s lips purse, nodding. He wonders…]

There’s someone from my world whose magic functions in a similar way — driven by emotion, willing what she wants into existence not through study and adhering to proven theory, but by instinct.

[How to word this without making Wanda seem— ah. Volatile? It isn’t his intention, this thought that’s occurred to him in the breadth of this conversation; but Stephen will offer that little nudge when it comes to aiding those from his world, whether or not they asked for it.]

You’d have to run into each other on this plane, but she’d probably appreciate someone to practice with. If you’re willing, someday.