[ never as simple as that, but it's a place to start. he wasn't going to discount Jason's adaptability, he's done good integrating himself into a world that from what Loki's seen, is completely different than the one he's used to. that's part of it—and whatever he believes he's stuck on, well ... they could work on it.

Loki beckons to him, leading him around the corner where the cultist thin. he keeps talking like they're taking a friendly stroll. ]

Magic, at its most basic, is about taking thought and making it real. That's it, that's the secret. You can forget runes, grimoires and hocus pocus, even if some of the more old fogies of the magic world will tell you otherwise.

[ he twists his finger in the air, a disorienting green light following the motion. ]

So, you build a story. A lie. You tell reality what you want others to see, and it reflects back at them. Therein lies the tricky part—the lie has to fool them, your own senses, and the cosmos. It has to be perfect.