A Record of Ash & Ruin: The Grieving Lands - Chapter 17Book 3: : Al-Lazar

... energy, our inner Mana, more rapidly when we rest? The time when consciousness fades and we walk upon the land of the dream.

And why is it that the most intellectually capable of us are able to command greater reserves of arcane power? Is it because of rote practice, technique, or a deeper understanding of our element that allows us to perform greater feats of magic, like the writings of the ancients suggest?

Perhaps it is both. Perhaps it is neither, and our capacity for master ...