Magic was multi-layered and always changing; it was also incredibly old. He had never really been asked about it before - on Asgard, beyond what was used for their technology, his 'tricks' garnered little interest, and was also seen as a smokescreen to take away from apparent his lack of fighting ability. Directly faced with a question he wasn't sure how to describe it - not in a way a layman might understand.

"Illusions, sometimes," he said. "You can manipulate light to create an image. And a few other things, but I don't really know how to describe them. I've never had to, before." And things like teleportation, astral projection - they were finicky, and he also used them offensively. Even to a girl like Ruby, he didn't want to discuss his arsenal too much unless he had to.