Research. [Lina passes the book over to Mikado, actually blushing slightly as Masaomi drops "gorgeous" into the mix.] Seeing what kind of power system this place works on, how much punch my kind of magic's likely to have. Between Zel and I...he's a friend, from back home...we'd usually have most of the angles covered. But with all these different worlds all crammed together, I'd like to know what we're up against.