To fully internalize everything here? Fifteen...maybe twenty years.

[Those pointy ears aren't just for show. Elves live a long time.

But also, realizing what she had just said, Marcille quickly course corrected.]

But it doesn't take that long to learn magic! It took me that long to reverse engineer the fundamental principles of what most mages start out doing by mainly just winging it. You can learn the basics pretty easily, but the more of what you're doing that you FULLY understand, the more powerful and adaptable your spells will become!