Complicated question, kid. Seems to me it's different on every world, but where I come from magic isn't a thing just anyone can use. Fact is most of my people don't even believe in it anymore.
What we have are abilities that we call semblances. They aren't magic, they're just a more physical manipulation of your spiritual energy. Some families have hereditary semblances, but for most people it's a unique thing that sort of reflects something inherent about them or their personality. Case in point, my tough niece can store up the kinetic energy of the hits she takes and deal the damage back twofold, while my cute niece can move so fast she bursts into rose petals.
Magic users, on the other hand, don't need to rely on just their own energy. It's like they can tap into a force beyond themselves and draw on that to do all sorts of fancy tricks. They aren't really constrained to the physical world, at least not as we know it. Get it?
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What we have are abilities that we call semblances. They aren't magic, they're just a more physical manipulation of your spiritual energy. Some families have hereditary semblances, but for most people it's a unique thing that sort of reflects something inherent about them or their personality. Case in point, my tough niece can store up the kinetic energy of the hits she takes and deal the damage back twofold, while my cute niece can move so fast she bursts into rose petals.
Magic users, on the other hand, don't need to rely on just their own energy. It's like they can tap into a force beyond themselves and draw on that to do all sorts of fancy tricks. They aren't really constrained to the physical world, at least not as we know it. Get it?