Regulus of Hogwarts: Lord of the Stars

Deep in his consciousness, the core continued.

Now it was waiting. For his response.

He stood inside his own mindscape, watching Orion's four and a half stars burn.

Betelgeuse shone brightest. Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka followed. Bellatrix flickered faintly.

As if it, too, were waiting. Waiting for him to think something through.

Regulus reviewed what had been laid before him.

Every piece of his magic had been shown a more efficient alternative. But the core had never claimed that alternative was right. It had only displayed its existence.

He thought.

Executing the world's rules sounded closer to the fundamental nature of things than creating on his own.