"The analysis is a spell that examines magic and presents it in a form comprehensible to the human mind. It gives one a spatial awareness of the structure and type of magic, although what those mean is something that must be learned. It is a focused spell with a human or other sapient being as the target which confers on them the sensory perception of magic which the spell provides. I cast it with myself as the target. Separately, I could cast it with you as the target."

"Does it detach when you stop using it? Or does it stay attached forever after you cast it on someone?"

"It dissipates when you end it."

"Hmm. Then okay, I'd like you to cast it on me please."

He says several of the same words as before, and brushes his thumb across her forehead.

The effect is immediate.

The various magic she had already been able to perceive was slightly more detailed to this way of perceiving it, and other magic--old stuff, inactive stuff--became apparent as well.

"Oh, that's very odd," she says. "I guess you already said you have to learn what everything means, but... that's very odd." And she closes her eyes and stands very still for a moment.

Kanimir has had a long time to learn to be patient.

"It isn't really attached at all," she says, opening her eyes again, "it's just sort of... hanging on."

"In what manner is attachment different?"

"It's not... part of you, I mean, it's just on you."

"Ah. Yes. Is that abnormal, for your kind of magic?"

"I've never seen magic be on things that way."

"How else would they be?"

"Attached, or just part of things without even being separate enough to attach."

"So any magic that's done to someone ever just sticks to them?"

"It's possible to detach things..."

"Mm. Most spells that are applied to persons here either wear off after a set amount of time, or have a method for ending them as an integral part of the spell itself."

"I wonder why."

"Most spells that you could cast on someone aren't things that one would prefer to be stuck with forever when the alternative is readily available."

"Hmmm..."

"Hm?"

"...I don't know. It's probably not important."

"Mm." He continues to study the quartz. "Is this 'selfspace' inherently magical, so far as you know, or merely a substrate for magic?"

"How would I tell the difference?"

"I don't know," he says absently. "It might have been apparent for some reason that I would have been aware of. Can you--do something with it, go into it, while I circumscribe the area? If it were possible to examine more of your world's magic than just this," he gestures to the area where the portal was with the quartz, "that could be immensely helpful."