"Oh, that. Well magic is done by spells. Which are more or less him - or whoever the magic user is - explaining quite precisely what they want to happen. Misunderstandings aren't a good idea, really, not when you're working with power, and magic is that - the ability to affect things, at any rate."

Flute bobbed her head a bit. "They ask for what they want to be done. Then I go and do it." If she chose to. "Or make it happen, whichever is more precise. That's why the instructions ought to be good though, because often a few of those happen at the same time and I can't know what each of them means to happen if just... vaguely directed."

In other words. Magic spells? Are prayers. Very specific prayers.

Ones that got answered.

"Does that make it... clearer? It's usually done in the language of the god or goddess who's going to answer, for obvious reasons. Although sometimes musical spells also work, if they're precise enough."