Snacks and Bait

"Mortal energy is the very land we stand on".

"It is the air we breath, the water we drink, and the fire we use to burn the fat of the beasts that fill our belly".

"Before the drying of the spiritual river, blessed energy was as common as mortal energy".

"Since 'The Fall of Man' we have adapted the mana arts to the dwindling energy around us".

"Who is we"? I ask him as we sit next to the river.

His cloud of smoke rises and moves with the dome around us, before going high into the air.

"Survivors".

His voice is soft, not a wink of the violence he unleashed on me earlier can be seen.

"Now we use mortal resources to attempt to turn the mortal into the blessed, it is called a 'Moulding'".

A small pebble floats in front of him.

He opens his hand, an array is formed above it using ten runes that float out of each finger on his right hand.