"Yes, exactly," she says. "It isn't necessarily going to create disruptions--simple spells might simply miss each other--but two standing fields in the same area would inevitably conflict."

"Unfortunately, this solution proposed by the Lyctor of the Eighth requires me to either have two brains or a large continuous power source," she says dryly. "But I believe Silas Oktasiron siphoning his great hulking battery of a cavalier could not manage it."