Clarification…it would definitely be nice, but it was too late for something like that to stop August.
He wasn't ready to listen to reason. Definitely not if it came from the girl who created this entire situation in the first place.
Humans formed their original mana techniques by watching animals and learning from their habits. That was because humanity itself was an adaptive species that combined many of the best traits of said animals.
However, dragons were, technically, animals themselves. They learned to wield mana through their own actions.
They used their claws and teeth to attack, so they evolved to use their claws and teeth to attack. Even breath attacks formed by utilizing the same concept as a dragon's roar, which was why dragons always roared when they let loose their breath.
Wasn't that quite constraining?
To use no other inspiration but the movement and capabilities of one's own body was only useful until a certain point.