Hajin watched Elise and Sable for a moment, then gestured for them to sit on the floor in front of him.
"Before I tell you the plan," he said, looking at Elise. "Tell me something. How do you actually understand mana?"
Elise blinked, her back straightening on instinct. "Mana is the ambient energy of the world that can be absorbed and channeled through a person's core," she recited immediately, her voice taking on that crisp, fast tone again.
"It requires a proper resonance between the individual's spirit and the surrounding etheric field to manifest as physical or magical force."
Hajin let out a long, heavy sigh, his hand moving to rub the bridge of his nose.
[ CringeSlayer91: LMAO ]
[ ShadowMage44: she's doing it again ]
[ LurkerNoMore: hajin looks like he wants to die right now ]
