...continuing communications breakdown; he still didn't see at all how that suggestion interacted with what he's trying to do.  He's not trying to figure out hidden dynamics for particular spells, he's looking for very stable, predictable, and above all precisely interacting, pieces, with which to build a magical 'computer'.

...continuing communications breakdown; he still didn't see at all how that suggestion interacted with what he's trying to do.  He's not trying to figure out hidden dynamics for particular spells, or even complete/repair current theories of magical physics.  He's looking for very stable, predictable, and above all precisely interacting, pieces, with which to build a magical 'computer'.