[His brows crease for a moment, listening-- No, he wasn't entirely aware of the difference there. Handling power, but not generating it? He assumed Giles meant manipulating extant forces rather than purely conjuring something... but really, he had no parallel from his own world to try and smooth over the understanding of it.
The alternate explanation makes more sense to him-- removing something someone else did, and... truth spells. He frowns for a moment, still looking into his bowl.]
Guess the needing stuff for it helps cut down on anyone trying to be selfish with that crap. [Mostly the 'truth spells' part. He doesn't consider himself a liar per se, but definitely not accustomed to openness and truthfulness.]
[Speaking of truthfulness, he might as well relax some of his own withholdings-- at least with someone who was in a similar situation in their own home.]
I think our team back home only had to deal with illusions one time. I wasn't there for it, though. Far as I know, it was pretty much trying to distract them from hunting it down. [...Distract being the kindest word he could use, really.]
I WILL HAVE TO TRY IT OUT SOMETIME BUT. LAZY.
The alternate explanation makes more sense to him-- removing something someone else did, and... truth spells. He frowns for a moment, still looking into his bowl.]
Guess the needing stuff for it helps cut down on anyone trying to be selfish with that crap. [Mostly the 'truth spells' part. He doesn't consider himself a liar per se, but definitely not accustomed to openness and truthfulness.]
[Speaking of truthfulness, he might as well relax some of his own withholdings-- at least with someone who was in a similar situation in their own home.]
I think our team back home only had to deal with illusions one time. I wasn't there for it, though. Far as I know, it was pretty much trying to distract them from hunting it down. [...Distract being the kindest word he could use, really.]