Knowing how hard it was for Jack to talk about such things, she offered a friendly squeeze of the arm in support. Then, the waters started glowing, and her attention was momentarily focused down below. It looked as if the liquid itself were being lit up. Not some strange force beneath it. Then again, maybe that was just the refraction.

Either way, Milyn was definitely wrong: it was magic.

Then Kaldur offered his first part of the ritual, and although they were of different words, Zatanna couldn't help a warm smile in understanding. She was just as proud of her own homo magi lineage as he was.

"Keep it up, boys. Whatever it is, it's working."