"It seems that using these aether 'meta-constructs' we are able to design a force chain that at some point we will be able to tie to mundane objects like that pebble and cause them to act. It seems likely to me that you created a series of forces to lift the pebble, move it in a circle, and then slowly let it back down? If so... the effects one could produce would be nearly limitless; in the physical world moving air, rocks, metal, would be fairly simple. For instance one could add additional force to the blow of a sword, or the trajectory of a thrown snowball to go around corners or the like, or more mundanely make things lighter to carry. If this can be extended into the magical realm... this might be the basis of a net for mana with a net or web (sorry, I imagine that's how it would look to me) to collect the ambient magic into one point for easier consolidation. I believe I noticed that you used aether to tie the mana into the pebble you gave me a while back."
"It also seems that these deteriorate with each ebb of the tide, which explains why a simple magical construct won't last on it's own without active concetration. Would one be able to use elemental preservation in the meta-construct to resist or slow this deterioration?"
"I'm going to make a jump here and say that to connect these to the physical and magical reality through the application of specific elemental threads? So for moving the rock you might tie the rock into the meta-construct using a earth thread?"