The conversion of power collected into the desired effect as described by the calculation is referred to as the realisation of classical magics. The realisation part of the classical magic can take a few seconds. Which in the grand scheme of how long energy collection and calculation take isn’t actually that long but it still adds to just how long a classical magic takes to cast. Rarely will things go exactly as the calculation stage would suggest. While more specific calculations may be more energy efficient there are two further parts to this which are only really introduced in the realisation step. The first is that while inspecific calculations can be forced to work, they are incredibly inefficient, almost all the energy going into waste. The second and harder to control is the fact that deviations in reality during the calculation process and even the realisation process itself can cause the majority of energy to become wasted in all but the ideal, controlled circumstances. The hallmark of an exceptional magician is in minimising wasted energy even when these are taken into consideration. Few bother with this optimisation process as it is faster to compensate in failures of the calculation stage with a longer energy collection. There are two phenonimia directly related to the realisation step of the classical magic. Magical collapse is when the calculation process is so unoptimized or reality is so different from what the magician calculated that all energy gathered by the magician is wasted. While it is technically possible to abuse this system of wasted energy to still perform something resembling magic the number of individuals that have ever managed this feat can be counted on one hand. A magical singularity is when two magicians attempt to control similar phenonimia in the same location simultaneously. Such magical singularities are known not only to dispel the two magics in question but all magic acting in that location. Even arcane magic failing if part of the glyph is shared in the area of the singularity. Fortunately magical singularities are typically pinpoint in size and only last as long as the realisation step of the magics in question (fractions of a second).

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