Ellie watches the way Julia reacts. She might feel bad for startling her if she wasn't so numb and fucked up about everything. So she just...watches for a second.

Then she glances from Julia's face back down to the glass thing in her hand. Of course she still has no clue what it is, but she's met more people that know how to do magic than don't by now, so...

"Wait, like it's magic or something?" There's skepticism in her voice because she comes from a world that doesn't have it. It's still hard to trust, hard to believe in. But she asks anyway.

"Someone told me that they think this place fucks with magic so it doesn't work well."