if energy with magic cannot be created or destroyed, but channelled elsewhere, would it be possible for a person to dual wield fire and ice? So the energy taken to create ice could be used to create a flame
good observation - yes, and while it is useful, it doesn't let you go infinite and basically just lets you control your temperature easier. using the two simultaneously is also next to impossible since it already takes a great deal of concentration to use just one element, and switching too drastically puts a lot of heat stress on the body, like jumping from a sauna into a blizzard.
this doesn't let you go infinite because after you make some fire or some ice, it doesn't do anything until you apply a force to it, and that takes energy! so while you can maintain temp (and that greatly increases your casting stamina), you'll still eventually get mentally tired from concentrating or too physically tired to throw around the stuff u make
and before someone else asks: no, you cannot convert thermal energy to stuff like stored chemical energy (unless for some reason ur species had an enzyme that could phosphylate ADP or something using a heat catalyzed reaction, which feels highly unlikely). magic is about moving energy around (e.g. ice = move from environment to self), and energy is just an abstract concept, not a physical resource like "mana"
sorry if this has been asked before… but I JUST realised Val has two tails. Are they an ascended cat or something? Could they gain more tails? (Idk what cat kitsunes are called)
Val is a normal cat - he just happens to have two tails