"That might be harder. I don't know any way for magic to interface with the thoughts of somebody who's not magic. At least I already know it can manipulate and analyze physical objects."

"So much for that idea." Kaylo twists the pieces of the picture crystal; the picture winks out and he pockets it. He ushers the books all back whence they came.

"This is fun," Brilliance says cheerfully. "I think I might design that external mana storage system just for the hell of it."

"And then when you've filled up ice cream and olives and toast and whatnot you can have someplace to put it even if you haven't been casting? Unless I misunderstand how you currently handle storage."

"The way I currently handle storage... there's sort of an upper limit on how much mana I can carry at once, but it's more that when I get above a certain point I don't generate it so fast. I don't actually know if I'll just stop converting mana if I keep eating ice cream while I'm at capacity, or if it'll overflow and go into background immediately, or what."

"You are enamored enough of ice cream that I fully expect you to find out."

He giggles.

"I'm out of avenues for questioning for the moment, I'm going to work on the analysis so I can squint directly at your workings and see if that inspires anything."

"Have fun!"