[ A different kind of magic, and a sort that most people don't know about? But Ann does, and maybe that's why she'd ended up here. Zack doesn't understand what force drew them all here, or how it works, but that seems to be a mystery to even the natives of this world. ]

I mean, it definitely caught me off-guard.

[ He drops his arms to his sides and shakes his head. Suddenly waking up in a fountain had been alarming, to say the least. ]

We have magic, but you can only use it if you have something called Materia. Which is like... a crystallized form of the planet's life force.

[ Probably the easiest way to explain it. See, Zack had paid attention during his SOLDIER training. Sometimes. ]