Banter between friends

'What's the difference between using skills as an avatar and doing it in person?' Tom asked, putting this question out. For an entire second, he focused his entire attention on the topic. 

But the answer was obvious. 

It was the details. 

One couldn't feel the tickle of energy caressing his wounds whenever it augmented the body's natural ability to heal. One wouldn't feel the ecstasy of releasing a sea of flames nor the coldness upon casting an icy spell. 

All those small feelings would be lost when exploring the dungeon as an avatar. Obviously, that meant one could learn how to be even better at using those spells, given how he or she could feel the difference and fine-tune it. 

But the fact that one could actually feel magic was enormous. Because unless Tom and Claudia were to somehow lose all their abilities upon exiting the dungeon, they would be able to bring forth the magic in a world that didn't have it in the first place!