[Fascinating is certainly one word for it—startling might be the one Vander would use, though. It’s one thing to actively try a new trick for the first time, like he had with the handful of curiosities he’d picked up after harmonizing, but it’s another entirely when a new force manifests in the middle of doing some practice swings.]

Best way I can describe it is… pulling earth and stone up into the air with a swing of my fist.

[He makes the motion of an uppercut as a demonstration, slow and deliberate and not channeling the fleetingly familiar sensation tied to the actual magic.]

Ruined some of that nice stone out in the Heliopolis training grounds when I discovered it.

[He laughs.]