"Hm." But moving on to a topic he's more comfortable with. "In learning them, absolutely. You get it down to a smooth motion and a muttered incantation if that's what's needed, or you learn how to read out the incantations if it's a ritual spell... but when you're first learning it's a lot of stops and starts, checking to see if you're doing it right, pauses to try to correct things... it can be difficult, and some people don't stick with it."