If Signum's memories extended a few years further then they did, this conversation might take a turn for the uncomfortable. Especially for Laevatein. As it is, however...
"The Anti-Magic Fields the bureau's run up against are only particularly good at restricting spells, and even then, not completely. A mage with a staff might end up useless while in the field, but she and her Device will be fine afterward," Signum explains. "And there are plenty of ways to circumvent them, the easiest being having a weapon-type Device like I do. A sword is still a sword, after all. Clever tactics can usually circumvent it, too even for shooting- and bombardment-type mages."
"...I haven't run up against other kinds of metathaum, though, unless hitting one spell with an equally strong spell going the other way counts as countermagic."
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"The Anti-Magic Fields the bureau's run up against are only particularly good at restricting spells, and even then, not completely. A mage with a staff might end up useless while in the field, but she and her Device will be fine afterward," Signum explains. "And there are plenty of ways to circumvent them, the easiest being having a weapon-type Device like I do. A sword is still a sword, after all. Clever tactics can usually circumvent it, too even for shooting- and bombardment-type mages."
"...I haven't run up against other kinds of metathaum, though, unless hitting one spell with an equally strong spell going the other way counts as countermagic."