no overthinking would be stating that the mage’s magic can be regenerated by sunlight and heat two easily found natural energy’s. also the fact that it is best to use the simpleest form of magic to get the best result, eg dont use giant fireball when redirecting the water in the pipes in the wall should do beter. because there is no magic in the water just enough to blow the pipe, axel can do nothing with it, a little fire in the right spot would blow the pipe heat in the watter tank will cause boiling and steam as well as heat eassy to use for the fire mage, basically this guy is a major nube to the rules of magic.

Actually it is more like a hole. He uses his magic to corrupt and redirect into a field he can create and hold in the demonic ether to use later so long as it hasn’t dispersed. It’s a lot like using ropes to tie something up and lock away- except the ropes are demonic magic and the something is a magic spell. Something as wild and large as a massive blast of flames takes a lot more time to corrupt (tie up) and control – and in that time you burn and die. For example- if you have a whip and someone is pointing a gun at you- and you do something crazy like get your whip wrapped around the barrel – a flick of your wrist might be enough to make a single shot miss. If it’s a shotgun though even if you manage to change the aim just a bit- you’ll probably still end up taking some buckshot.