'Lilith, this Paradox title says higher beings can't track me easily anymore. Does that mean we're done with random cosmic beings showing up?'
[Not exactly. You're still an anomaly that shouldn't exist. The universe just has to work harder to notice you now, like you're wearing camouflage against things that see reality differently than normal beings do.]
'Good enough for me.'
He focused deeper, feeling the 150 points of mana flowing through him like a cool river where before there had been nothing but cracked, dry earth.
'Alright, explain mana to me again. Just the basics, nothing fancy.'
[Every awakened person has one mana circle. That circle lets them learn one unique ability. One person, one power. That's the absolute rule.]
'So everyone gets their own special move, like picking a class in a game?'
[Close enough. That single ability becomes everything for them. They push it, master it, perfect it until they eventually awaken their Path.]
