They are, yes. I would not say it is unfair that they be percieved as magic, since to create something from nothing would qualify by any definition, as an example... But they are simply part of my being. It is as natural for me as breathing is to you.

[ But he's actually rather pleased that Matt seems to understand it, since he's had several a half-hearted argument about it over the centuries... Most of his masters had argued that it was semantics, but he had always attributed it to an ignorance on their part. So far as he's had experience with it, magic is quite different. Magic is what makes the circles that allows humans to call him, and magic is what entwines their souls together with a curse when they choose to accept his covenant. It's not something he has any power to truly wield himself. ]

So, circumstances aside... I do at least have one thing to quite look forward to, it seems. I quite enjoy learning, and what better than magic?