"Mana is everywhere; it's the ambient energy that all living things depend on. Think of it like the air we breathe—similar rules apply. Every human has what we call a mana core, which purifies the raw mana we absorb. Unfiltered mana is toxic and can cause your mana pool to literally explode if you're stupid enough to ingest it directly..."
Professor Hendricks kept droning on about mana theory, but my mind had checked out somewhere around "ambient energy." I stared out the window, watching clouds drift by while trying to figure out what the hell was happening to me.
The obsession with Renay was gone. Just... gone. Like someone had flipped a switch in my brain. Don't get me wrong—I still cared about her, but that desperate, all-consuming need had vanished overnight. It was honestly disturbing how normal I felt now.
