User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 526: My Name Is..., Review/@comment-107.77.87.123-20170313165108/@comment-125.212.122.68-20170313233816

The software analogy is nice, but I think August doesn't need to see how the magic is created (he can be blindsided by caster magic but still copy it, and I don't think he literally sees what goes on in mages' bodies as they prepare to cast spells), he just needs to absorb magic the codes of which are not 'protected' by a medium.

I still find it puzzling though that living bodies are not seen as 'material' or 'tools' by which to generate magic (unless August has figured out how magical living bodies work, as opposed to holder items)