He watched her alternate casting, and then grinned, before countering her. "But we only have a certain amount of magic to use every day, while you seem to be drawing both from a rather large and powerful inner reserve and from the ambient magic. Hmm, maybe I should get all the casters in on this, not the teaching, figuring out the baseline. And Foxy, while I might not be able to match your illusions, my combat magic can trump all but your goddess' ultimate technique, and even that can't be used in a fight. All she does is speed up our perceptions of time, including her own. She can't attack me while using it. Good for stalling and distracting, but not much else."<br/><br/>He considered the possibilities for a moment, before looking up. "Can we put off the teachings for a bit? I want to run this idea of magic manipulation down a bit more, either until we catch it, or it, more likely, goes to ground on us."