The dragon traces a variety of geometric shapes in the air with a single, pointed claw while mumbling in some indecipherable tongue. As they do, glowing, vibrant lines form in the paths their claw traces, their words forming into strange glyphs around the lines. After a moment of this, the spell being formed takes its final shape, and with a definitive jab of their claw, the form of it disappears and is replaced with a bolt of lightning, arcing from their claw-tip along a path of ionized air.
"More skilled mages can cast without even performing any of the verbal or somatic parts, the spell simply appearing before them as it's channeled," the dragon explains. "Observe."
They focus their gaze on a point before you, and another spell manifests in front of their face, before the spot they're staring at suddenly bursts into flame.
