<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“A good answer, but no. Formulae are well and good, but not every bit of magic is contained in them. They are a good starting tool, and a wonderful thing to use for teaching others how to do what you do, but they aren’t always needed. No, what a mage needs more than power, more than skill, more than control, is patience. If you have patience you can keep a level head in all situations, and a level head is always more conducive to magic.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">He had a look of pity on his face, knowing that these lessons would be like pulling teeth.</span>