He shook his head, but returned the squeeze, reassuringly. "Magic is like the eating implements you might see at a party." Because until he arrived at Naut,m he had never seen a fork in his life and had no clue what it was. "They can make it easier to get the food you need, sometimes they can overcomplicate a simple process, but the choice to pick up a spoon over a knife is yours. Maybe you need a knife at the table. But if you have one knife, three forks, and a dozen spoons, even choosing randomly, you are less likely to grab something that cuts."