"Full prayers would be terribly inefficient. Though that seems to be magic's greatest flaw. In my experience, that is. Our set of abilities is theoretically infinite but they require preparation." The British sorceress directed her gaze towards the espers on the other side of the room, regarding them intently. She kept talking, but she was definitely thinking about their non-magical counterparts. "So we generally have a relatively small pool of abilities to pull from, abilities that we prepared ahead of time."

"Their powers are a part of them. Ours are something we learned." Rebekah paused a moment, just long enough to surreptitiously check her phone. Nothing out of place at home. The dog toys were keeping him occupied, no messes to worry about. Back to the conversation. "Interesting that you learned from someone, though. I was wondering how magicians learned. Thought there might be some kind of school tucked away somewhere, but I never found it."