Magic spells in this world are less the result of reading and the study of magic, and more of learning how to manipulate the energy within the body to create certain effects. This being said, spells are more of a natural force and not something you can cast from a spell book or scrolls. An analogy to learning spells is something like learning how to fight, over time and experience you will figure out how to throw a punch, how to punch more effectively, and/or different ways to throw a punch.

Magic users are somewhat rare in the world of Neo-Noire but not unheard of. All magic users would have had to had a sort-of surgery from GeneXis Engineering to unlock their magical abilities by manipulating their DNA. It is not yet known exactly why, but there is a select group of people who have a higher likelihood of being better candidates for become magic users. In the same vain, there are some people who are terrible candidates for becoming magic users and after the surgery they still cannot do magic.

GeneXis Engineering, over time, has developed a test to find if a subject would be a good fit for magic, it is like an aptitude test for magic. People who pass the test will be allowed to go through the engineering, people who fail are not. Taking the test is free, but the surgery is not in most cases. Some rare cases GeneXis will do the surgery for savant-level exceptions that pass the test free of charge to possibly further the understanding of magic. Those who are extremely interested in magic pay for the surgery, most go on payment plans.