" To answer, using magic to do the work is not unlike using your own muscles. Oh, the magic makes it far faster and easier, certainly, but it still takes a physical toll.” Broden’s eyes roved over the six dozen logs stacked neatly along the riverbank, each of them large enough to build three good-sized cottages apiece. “A toll, be it. "

― Honor Raconteur , Arrows of Change (Kingmakers #1)