Victor barely took a pause to consider before he answered with enthusiasm. "That's much harder to figure. There are more variables. Wingardium Leviosa is such a longer phrase, and any of those sounds might touch on something relevant to another spell. And the wandwork for Lumos is more vague as well. It's used in so many different applications that you can't really pin it to one certain type of result." He didn't stop to consider whether she was soaking this in or it was all going over her head. He had indulged her in her odd hobby of discussing Muggle 'magicks,' and now it was her turn to allow him an opportunity to verbally pace through one of his favorite hobbies.

"I think it might depend a bit how forcefully you moved your arm when you cast," he mused. He tossed his wand to his off hand, so that he didn't accidentally light her dress on fire with ill-timed wand sparks, then gestured with his now-empty wand hand as though he were casting. "A big sweeping gesture like this might see some things go flying, I'd assume. Something more subtle, like so, and — well, I don't know. Something in the charmwork family. Nothing dangerous, I'd think — though of course you really never know, so don't go trying it at home," he advised. "You'll just have to come find me at parties if you want to try anything crazy, so I can stand by to patch you up if needed. Or extinguish roses, you know, as the case may be."

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