"No, I follow," Axel replies. "Sounds... Well, it's pretty lame that you have to use something like that to use any magic, but I guess whatever works, I mean... Actually, here, check this out--"

Reno's description - crystals made of energy - remind him a little of the composition of synthesis materials. So he rummages in his pocket a little, and snags out a little crescent-shaped shard of blue - a Frost Shard, as it happens - and tosses it to his not'twin.

"That's a Frost Shard," he explains, rubbing his fingers together; the things are cold.