[ It's definitely not a GOOD face that Hunter is making here. Weirdly...embarrassed? Ashamed? He feels ashamed having to make use of the magic his uncle warned him against using, but it's not as though he had a choice. ]

... Wild magic is wrong. It corrupts the magic of the Titan - corrupts the witches who use it.

[ This is all completely untrue, but Hunter doesn't know that. He tightens his grip on his arm. ]

But I can't cast anything without it.