He knows he would appreciate his coffee if it was piping hot. He prefers his in less tongue-searing temperatures, thanks.

"Maybe or-" he proposes, munching absently to another sugar cookie. "Maybe is a consequence of you thinking your body as human, instead of a manifested spirit. Like, if you think you should just do things as a magus does now with an extra boost, rather than realizing you're no longer just that." It makes worse that he's a Caster. While first, it seems like a logical easy choice, maybe the differences would be clearer if he was an Assassin or an Archer.

He takes a sip of his coffee and lets that sink in, for a while.

He agrees about the controlled environment testing. They have the simulator for that kind of thing.