"Well depends on what we learn after doing serious stress testing of your abilities. Sadly, I can't do that here, as the inhabitants and the plane itself would flip out if I tried. And your mothers would be very cross with me, which is even worse. But I can tell you that staying here, or just going out to dojos to train, will not help. The exercises I had you go through are the most basic ones, and if you seriously want to improve it, then I suggest spending an hour a day on them. Those are the same ones I do, and even now, one hour a day, every day, no exceptions, unless I am in constant, unrelenting combat for the entire day. The difference between you and a mage is remarkably small, you just can't use the magic you gather like most others can.<br/><br/>As for what I currently know, you are definitely absorbing magic from your surroundings, and it did get bigger and more powerful as you did the exercises, I was casting magic missiles near you every so often, and after about thirty minutes you started deflecting them slightly, and right before we stopped you actually drained a bit of power from them as well as deflected. Not much, but you can improve that much with one session, you might end up being quite a combat monster in your own right. Where it goes or what it does, I am not sure yet, only theories that need testing before I can tell you which is true and which is hot air. You will still be able to use most magic items, though the most delicate of them, mostly single use items and the occasional normal one, will simply stop working as you get really going. Which means you can use magic items to enhance yourself until your anti-mage gets fully going, and it will simply turn them off as you drain more and more. Once you stop fighting and your flow of energy returns to its normal strengths, the items will turn back on, and you can start enjoying them again."<br/><br/>He sat down, and frowned. "So, want to come with me? I can promise it will not be terribly boring, as I will likely be sending you out on missions I would want to go on, but won't because I am having to play nice with Barid. Naturally, you will get outfitted and trained first, I only have one biological son, and I am not going to let him get killed if I have any say in it."