"The eighth stage... Eclipse level mage is the soul itself becoming a source. You no longer draw from external mana. You begin to create it within. The world begins to change around you, not because you will it to, but because your existence disturbs the balance."
Ren felt a chill across his spine. Vael kept speaking, his eyes distant, like recalling something.
"In the ninth stage... Interceptible level mage, the awakened soul allows you to understand the universe. The fabric of reality. You begin altering it, gently at first. Space bends. Light obeys. Atoms respond. Your body begins to change. Your skin is no longer skin. Your bones are no longer bones. They become mana constructs, living architecture forged from magic."
Ren took a shaky breath.
"That sounds... impossible."
Vael almost smiled.
