She hesitates a moment, frowning to herself as she considers his question, and how best to explain the fundamental building blocks of reality as she knows it to - well, anyone, really. She's never had much practice as a teacher.
"And aether is the source of life and magic. All living creatures have it, and many can manipulate it to some degree or another. Smaller magics use the caster's own aether or ambient sources, but for something on this large a scale, you'd need an external source. In my world - in both worlds I've seen - that source would be charged crystals, but I've neither seen nor heard of them being used here. Just the bonfire."
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She hesitates a moment, frowning to herself as she considers his question, and how best to explain the fundamental building blocks of reality as she knows it to - well, anyone, really. She's never had much practice as a teacher.
"And aether is the source of life and magic. All living creatures have it, and many can manipulate it to some degree or another. Smaller magics use the caster's own aether or ambient sources, but for something on this large a scale, you'd need an external source. In my world - in both worlds I've seen - that source would be charged crystals, but I've neither seen nor heard of them being used here. Just the bonfire."