Ulla nods. "My power is based on understanding, at least in part. Sildroher magic is sung, and some spells are just rote memorization, things we all learn in choir practice growing up."

She's never let herself be confined to what she was taught, though. "To compose a new spell, you need to understand the effect you want well enough to describe it, and translate that description into music. I've done a lot of human anatomy study. But of course not everyone on board is human." Herself included.