Understanding something on a fundamental level fueled his mind to open to new ways of thinking, spawning new ideas and solutions. In this instance, he had plenty of ideas that might eventually bloom into practical spells. However, translating those ideas into workable rune-phrases was becoming increasingly frustrating as his efforts were met with failure after failure.
Chris had had successes. He'd handled something easy, like stopping bullets, already. But that wasn't all he was trying to protect against.
One of his only working creations, the pride of his meagre successes was, in fact, a functioning bullet deflector. All it took was three correctly-inscribed rune-tiles, threaded together by tiny chains. A small gem could be attached to provide magical energy, enough for a few bullets a
