We've all got magic in our blood, this helps us focus it to perform more complex spellwork. Wandless magic's possible, but it's really difficult.

[She twirls it in her fingers and it throws harmless gold sparks.]

The wand chooses the witch or wizard. We try a few in the shop and we connect with the one meant for us. This was the seventh wand I tried. [She stops spinning it and holds it between both hands now to show it to him.] Hazel, ten and a half inches, dragon heartstring, resilient.