"That is one of my own powers, if circumscribed." Again, Celestia didn't understand just what the transition to this city had done to her powers and given her in return. She was so accustomed to her own magic that she failed to realize she was no longer transporting herself by direct teleportation magic, but instead was briefly shifting her being to light. That was also why she could barely go any distance at all with it -- she was using it all wrong.

"We do have dragons, griffins, phoenixes, zebras..." What exactly did he consider 'mythical', anyway?