Bah, handled! Saash ducked away from him a little so she could sneeze in derision--and not sneeze in Yoite's face. You don't need to be handled. Besides. I have paws.

Yes. Yes, she was making a joke.

The way I do magic. Using something called the Speech. It basically outlines what I want to have happen and reality adjusts accordingly. Which was definitely a short answer, and didn't really get into the layers that wizardry usually involved...