Not in this case, no. It's more like... [ He almost says a mist, but that feels rather redundant. ] There is ambient magick in the air, plants, earth, and other organic matter around us. In this case, the machine has been created to be sensitive to those energies. My part is essentially telling the machine to open those channels, and how I want it to use them. I suppose like riding a chocobo -- the rider directs, and does have to have some stamina and skill, but it's still ultimately the creature's power transporting them.

When I use white or green magicks, ah, healing and subterfuge, I draw more from my personal energy. I will recover over time, but it is finite. I don't run that risk steering a craft.

[ As Balthier speaks he becomes uncomfortably aware how much he sounds like his father, lecturing on the unfathomable mysteries of the unseen world, monologuing without room for another person to get a word in edgewise. ]

But what do I know? I skipped magick theory class. Is the magic on your world more based on the individual? I met Alina briefly -- she explained to me a little.