"I'm telling you, I shouldn't need any of that. it gets in the way of the flow." Jal was getting impatient at this point. sure, Kerra was older, more experienced, but she was so careful, so meticulous about her spellwork. so boring, Jal thought.
Kerra sighed, and Jal could already tell she was revving up a lecture. "kid, you need to use the error handlers. when something goes wrong, you need it caught and safely dealt with, or all that energy is going to need to go somewhere, and that spells trouble for you, and anyone else around you."
Jal prickled at this, straightening his big pointy hat. "it gets in the way! I like to improvise. sure, maybe something will go wrong with it sometime, but I'll deal with it when I see it!" besides, I'm no kid, you're like three years older than me, tops, he thankfully avoided saying out loud.
"this isn't a "maybe" it's a "will," here. if you're going to mess around with raw aether and not even use a safety net, I'm gonna be in the other room. away from any explosions. if you need help, cry out to me." and with that, she walked off, the click of hard leather on stone fading slowly as she left the lab.