"Wrong how?" you ask.
"You know about the information view of channeling? That pattern energy is information?"
You do, but you're surprised he does. You nod and motion for him to continue.
"Okay, so. Summoning involves a search, then opening a conduit from there to here. So there's information in the pattern energy of the search," Gabriel brings the fingers of his two hands together, "and then in the pattern energy to create the conduit." Gabriel pulls his hands apart, sketching out a path between his two hands.
You can't believe how animated he is. "Right," you say, "I'm with you so far."
"In an informational framework, there's no reason for the results of the search to flow through a practitioner's mind, only the end location for the conduit." He shakes his right hand, presumably marking the other universe. "But there's cross-talk. Information about what was found flows through the practitioner's mind, too. That adds to the backlash load."
"So if you decouple information about the search from information about the conduit," you say, matching Gabriel's excitement, "then you save the practitioner some backlash."
It's the first time you've seen Gabriel smile. The smile fades and Gabriel sits back. "Uh, that's the theory." He rubs his heel against his ankle, revealing his pink socks.