Pinkie tilted her head the other way and continued looking between him and the hoof for a few seconds. "What? No, that's not magic, silly! That's just how you hold things!" She'd never done it any other way, after all, and all the other earth ponies could do the same thing which meant it totally wasn't just her! "I mean, unless you wanna put it in your teeth or on your back."

"If you wanna hold things with magic, you're gonna have to use your horn! I can't really tell you how, 'cause I'm not a unicorn, but telekinesis is pretty easy! Any unicorn can do that!"