Really? At the time it seemed pretty crazy to me! But that's because magic like that doesn't really exist in my world. I had to stumble into another dimension to learn this magic to start with.

[Not that she was complaining, who would]?

Oh, it is! And if you know how to really concentrate on what you're doing...

[She drew a bigger glyph this time, focused a moment, and activated the glyph. Now she was able to bring up several small beams of light that spelled out her name before sputtering into a purple and white version of her face and dissolving]

...you can do all sorts of things!