<Snipped quote by Memory>
Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: Your father sounds like a wise man. that is exactly how we see it, though we don't label it as magic. We call it spirit or aether, and it is exactly that. But more like a primordial force that precedes the material laws, hence why it can dominate them...
Soldier Boy: *Looks perplexed between the two of you* Still not getting this...
Arch Numakhiim Ar'Gavryiell: *Sighs and rubs forehead* It is not easy getting people out of a closed mindset... by God's grace! *Sighs again*
Think about electricity. It's a force with an origin and rules. Magic is the same—it has a lot of properties you might not expect, which leads to things like rituals and channels. But fundamentally, once you have magic, you can convince it to do work for you.