Jessica smiled a bit as she found herself enjoying her discussion with Ness. "Where I come from, some, like myself, are gifted with the ability to manipulate supernatural energy. Not all are though. And unfortunately, without the gift, it's impossible to naturally use magic. Instead, most of the population makes use of 'spell-stones' when they need magic. Spell-stones are simple objects that have been given a 'purpose' and some magical energy. And they will fulfill that 'purpose' when called upon to do so. It might be easy to just think of a 'purpose' as a magic spell. And when I say acquire, I mean just that, they go out and buy a spell-stone for the purpose they need fulfilled. Pretty much anyone can use spell-stones." She scratched the back of her neck with her left hand and added, "Sorry if that seemed like a lot to take in."
She flinched as Tiberius fired, then began skittishly looking around, as she had momentarily stopped paying attention to the man and didn't know why he had fired. "What was that for?"