--- Lily ---
"Hey Lily… did all that combat give you any good ideas for new spells and stuff?" asked Kat.
"Do you think this is some sort of shonen battle manga where everyone gets inspired by important fights?" retorted Lily.
"That's not a no…" said Kat with a wink.
Lily blew out a long stream of air threw her closed lips. "Fine… I did actually realise a few things. The main thing is the difference between shadow and darkness magic. Or at least, I think I've worked out the point of shadow magic. It's so easy to manipulate my shadow now that I'm used to it.
"Even if we compare it to paper that I've created entirely with my own mana… I still can't get it to move as smoothly as my shadow magic. Which leads me to believe that what you really want to be doing with shadow magic is mostly transforming your own shadow, and occasionally shadows from other things.