"It isn't metaphysical. I can assure you, even you could feel it. You know the Bull, after all. It 'creeps him out'. Ask him if you find my explanation lacking." He motions then to the anvil, the forge itself.

"You work metals into a form you see in your mind, correct? I do the same with spells. I feel the energy at my fingertips as surely as you feel the resistance in every strike. That is...what is missing. I can't feel it. Rather like noticing someone knicked your coinpurse when you weren't looking."