"That would have been a lot cooler! I guess it might have been more dangerous, though. Or even a little scary?" Since no one knew magic was real, that definitely could have been scary for people to see.

"It's still cool, though, that way. You must be really good at it to be able to do it without even knowing you could." He's seen him do it, after all, but there's still got to be some sort of natural talent if he can do it so easily.