Just because I've got magic, doesn't mean you aren't the competent one. That swing you pulled off earlier? I could never. Like I'm not uncoordinated but, ( a gesture down at himself with his hands. you know. billy and his noodly self with barely any muscle-mass billy. ) you know.

( he'd been out of the game for a while before getting on noh-varr's ship, too. billy's been training, but not to catch a guy using while playing spider-man with a grapple gun. )

I don't always need the chanting either. It's more for uh - concentrating. Mostly for bigger spells or things I need to put a lot of power behind. Guarding against vines isn't a big deal.

( usually. as long as it stays small-scale like this. )

And I guess that makes sense. Given I did fall from the sky.