Murphy thought for a moment, then asked, "What if I don't want to rely on the Magic Web? Could I present the most refined result in my mind and complete magic directly?"
Hordan shook his head. "That's impossible. The units of human perception only reach the level of 'objects.' We can imagine a grain of sand, but how do you imagine every edge and groove on that sand? How do you imagine the position and state of every bit of silicon dioxide inside the sand? If you can't, then all the blank spaces in your imagination are filled in by the Magic Web."
"What about using some kind of model or formula?" Murphy continued. "For example... gold. We already know its atomic composition, and we know its crystal structure. I can construct its overall model. It's just the constant repetition of a simple unit cell. Could I generate it directly without relying on the Magic Web?"
Hordan thought for a while, then said, "I think it shouldn't be that simple."
"I mentioned the Probability Payment Hypothesis before. The probability of a gold atom being generated from vacuum fluctuations is extremely, extremely small, let alone generating an entire piece of macroscopic matter..."
"All right, that example is wrong. Let's change it. For example, could the spell Diffindo tear an object into regular shapes? Like this table in front of us—connect the midpoints of opposite sides to form two crossing medians, use those as tearing lines, and split the table into four even pieces?"
"This..." Hordan hesitated. "In theory, it should be feasible. But your description and imagery are still very vague. For instance, just how straight are the two lines you're drawing? Are they seemingly straight lines, or lines that are strictly straight in the mathematical sense? Or are you tearing