[ he remembers his first magic lessons, too. it comes more naturally to him than it does to other people in his world, but that doesn't mean he hadn't made mistakes. he hadn't learned like this, though, making sparklers out of fire spells. to be fair, the professor would have scoffed at something like this. while it shows deftness and creativity, hojo had been more interested in seeing where his limits lay. ]

I understand, I think, [ he agrees a few moments later. ] It can be difficult to strike a specific target with a firaga without a great deal of collateral damage in the process. [ best, then, to learn with a simple fire first. ] I'm afraid that I'm not familiar with light magic, though. Is it considered elemental?

[ his expression.. changes when he talks about his friends, though. maybe sephiroth's making a misstep by keeping them on this subject? normal human behavior is so difficult to parse out at times, even after his weeks with glenn and the others. ]