Even granted that Subaru and Tia are 'merely' talented rather than prodigies, the degree of difference between Mach Caliber and Cross Mirage's original hand made forms and their post-upgrade ones, given that they were being built in their owners' early teens, makes it extremely unlikely, in my mind, that either of the first two devices we met were created by their original users.
Bardiche is fairly easy to explain; given that I understand Precia as having been one of Midchildia's leading mages before she lost it, it'd be perfectly reasonable for her to have put him together to make her tool more effective or just to have had him lying around for one reason or another.
But what about Raising Heart (*stuffs the little voice yelling "Raging! RAGING!" back into its box*)?
My theory is that civilian mages usually have devices, too... and that they buy them. From dealerships. Professional like. Raising Heart was one of your coming-of-age gifts from proud parents - the Midchildian equivalent of a young man's first car.
Given that she's apparently able to keep up with Nanoha, when we know that it's possible for a mage to power spells that at least some devices can't take, I suspect the lady was a top-of-the-line model, too.
Ja, -n
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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."
Bardiche is fairly easy to explain; given that I understand Precia as having been one of Midchildia's leading mages before she lost it, it'd be perfectly reasonable for her to have put him together to make her tool more effective or just to have had him lying around for one reason or another.
But what about Raising Heart (*stuffs the little voice yelling "Raging! RAGING!" back into its box*)?
My theory is that civilian mages usually have devices, too... and that they buy them. From dealerships. Professional like. Raising Heart was one of your coming-of-age gifts from proud parents - the Midchildian equivalent of a young man's first car.
Given that she's apparently able to keep up with Nanoha, when we know that it's possible for a mage to power spells that at least some devices can't take, I suspect the lady was a top-of-the-line model, too.
Ja, -n
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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."