[One ear flicks up a bit, and there's a subtle change from uncertain to determined across his features, that carried into his voice.]

But a bird isn't going to actively choose to use that magnetism to try and fly into the sun. Its biggest threat isn't itself, it's other creatures abusing it. That's not true with witches. They're a threat to themselves if they treat wild magic like something that they can harness or make use of, and everyone else.