You said we should learn an Ethernano replacement to Reinforce (a mana-based spell) instead of burdening or White mana supply. A logical conclusion would be to do the same with explicit Ethernano spells that we could substitute with White, since they were Ethernano spells to begin with.
I'm sorry if I implied something you didn't intend with your statement. In my defense, I didn't put words in your mouth - "with your logic" doesn't mean you have to agree, merely that the same reasoning you used could be applied to a similar situation. Still, apologies.
Jade strongly suspects we only get the Djinn's affinity, without being influenced by their principles (stated back when Agneyastra didn't want to be nudged towards patience). Thus, we have to assume Agneyastra's "healing affinity" will only provide help with support spells, regardless of its former owner.
Since I want to leave Sky & White healing to Jade's teammates, I do not expect to profit much from the affinity during Unison.
Except that I had forgotten we had learned Reinforce at all, because I somehow missed it on the sheet. Not that I expected you to know that, I never said it explicitly. My apologies for not bringing it up, I didn't think it was relevant.
I was never originally trying to "replace" Reinforce, and I don't feel I am now, either, since it's not a spell we've mastered. I never said I wanted to learn to do things we can already do with our mana with Ethernano, either. What I was originally pointing out was one way to utilitize of the basic function of Ethernano Enchantment: enhancing characteristics like durability and strength, in a way that was applicable during the JS Incident.
You brought up another way to do that, one I had originally concluded was a false memory of mine after I missed it on the sheet. So, from where I sit, you're the one trying to replace Enchantment, which has numerous other uses, with the very narrow Reinforcement. I'll admit I'm not exactly pleased by the continuing preference for using mana for all utility, rather than actually learning how to use Ethernano. Every time the subject comes up, that's pretty much the response. But I can see how my rebuttal might be taken that way. Sorry for jumping down your throat.
I could, of course, have taken several other tacts against the proposal, though most rely on the unknown. For example, we don't actually know how powerful Buer's ability is. It may actually have advantages over Sky Dragon Slayer, for example, massive AoE healing with Extreme Magic, or automatic self-healing, something Sky Dragon Healing struggles with, or even fatigue removal, which SDH just can't do for the user.
I have no idea why you think I think Astra had her nature changed by absorption of his power, BTW. As best I as I can tell, it was my comment about how Buer was a knight, and thus his
power is likely to be more than just normal healing. Which has absolutely nothing to do with it having an effect on Astra's ability, and everything to do with how Djinn have very narrow magical focuses, ones built into their artificial ability to use magic, and how Astra seems to have inherited those limitations, and thus likely those focuses. Thus, any feat Buer could do, Astra should be able to do.
I could point out that we don't know how well mana (or, or be far, Ethernano) reinforcement spells scale. But, as I said, Ethernano Enchantment has more uses. It works on both people and objects, potentially includes softening objects for ensuring falling people are safe, and also includes increasing (or possibly decreasing) things like strength and speed. Yes, I know we can do some of those with mana. I don't know if we can Haste a car, though.
Of course, this is all based on canon knowledge of Enchantment (and more than a bit on a Wikia article), but, unfortunately, that's all I have to go on. We need to do more research on the topic, honestly, but people seem not to care enought to do so, overall.
