Fonic artes are the larger spells, with a couple of levels to them from basic to advanced. Strike artes channel fonons into the user's weapon, or body, letting it direct the fonons in the attack. Mystic artes are the largest of the spells, designed to do massive amounts of damage in a small time frame.

[The words come easily to him, and it's almost relaxing to remember the training he did to understand artes and how to use them. As he finishes looking over the dogs, he stands up again and stretches briefly]

Ouch. [He can sympathise. Sync might as well be considered wind-aligned as far as elements go, but he's been hit by a few lightning artes before. None of them were fun] What's a Persona?