Life

Needless to say, the comment added more fuel to Khan's anger, but enough information had entered his brain to trigger a pensive state.

The blue alien had spoken no lies. Khan was sure of that. Nothing could escape his heightened senses, especially in that critical situation, so he knew everything the alien had said had been the truth, at least in its mind.

That confirmed one of Khan's oldest hypotheses. The First Impact really wasn't a random attack. The Nak had a greater purpose in mind. They wanted to spread mana for reasons that seemed to involve the universe, but Khan couldn't think that far.

Everything learned about the Nak popped into Khan's mind. He knew that species embodied mana. He also knew they couldn't evolve anymore, which matched the blue alien's explanation and led to deeper hypotheses.

'Is mana at risk of disappearing?' Khan wondered. 'How?'