Urasmian had said that magic had to be done using words in the Keftios language only, and he wondered why that was when he had clearly shown that magic wasn’t restricted to that language. Odd. He considered the hybrid spell he had just used and saw that most of the action words were still in Keftios. The few English words he had used were only there to define the action he wanted to make happen, for which he had found no suitable Keftios words. Interesting. He would have to continue to study the matter more and see what other hybrid spells he could come up with! Why Urasmian and others from the sorcerer’s Earth believed you could only use the Keftios language was still a question to be pondered, though. There had to be something to it, as you’d think that over three thousand years, someone would have tried adding words to spells from other languages, wouldn’t they?

He put the thought aside for the moment and began formulating ideas for spells that would enable him to do all sorts of interesting things! If he could mix in English words, then the spell crafting became a whole lot easier! He decided that he would only use English words where he had no alternative, although he resolved to try an English-only spell at some point. There were all sorts of things he should be able to do now that he’d overcome the language restriction. That night he thought about the use of Keftios only and decided that perhaps it was like they still used Latin for animal and plant proper names. Maybe if you had the whole language available and only a limited tech base, it meant there had been no need for anyone to actually sit down and develop a spell without using Keftios. Hmmm.

His not having to work made life easier. Even if it meant he had no money! A week of pondering and practicing had resulted in him developing a range of spells, and he was pawing through his old superhero comics, looking for more ideas. The hardest part was not showing off! He wanted to show off his newfound abilities to his friends so much! Impress the girls who never gave his nerdy self a second look! Right wrongs and beat up bad guys! Just like a real superhero! Fortunately, his common sense got in the way of his wanting to show off. It was tempting, oh so tempting, but no. He had to keep his newfound abilities hidden and to himself for the moment. Real-life wasn’t like a movie or a comic. Of that, he was certain.

It had always been very obvious to him, at least since he was fourteen or fifteen, that there was a clear dichotomy between real life and the world of superheroes, as shown in the comics and movies. The movie and comic superheroes lived an almost completely make-believe life, as far as he could determine. In real life, someone who could do what he could do would be jumped on by the government, locked away, and studied before being made to work for the government. And if not his own government, then some other less scrupulous one would kidnap him almost certainly. Any government would want his sort of power for themselves, not running around loose! And even if he could protect himself, that would only mean they would kidnap or threaten his family and or friends to get leverage on him.