“Right,” agreed Zorian half-heartedly.
“We’ll make a proper crafter out of you yet, just you see! But first, let me just wrap up our discussion from last time. I was a little long-winded, but what I had been trying to build up to was that spell formula function as support magic. Magic affecting other magic. By itself, even the most elegant spell formula is merely a theoretical exercise. You need to actually cast the spells and anchor them to the spell formula before it’s of any use. I note this because Ilsa seemed to think your skill in invocations would do you no good in my subject, which revealed a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of the discipline. Which is very disappointing coming from her since she is… well, you know…”
“A teacher,” finished Zorian.
“Yeah,” Nora agr
