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Antonin had a curious relationship with Mother Ziotea during her time in the Red Seminary. Though he wasn't an official instructor of hers, due to his healing specialty being in a different realm than her own etheric gift, the White Necromancer did take note of her rare ability to draw ether from other living things, a skill that he himself seemed fascinated by. Every time she would end up in his infirmary, Father Antonin would often ask about how she was progressing in the honing of this ability. He would then take exhaustive notes concerning what she told him. When questioned as to why he was so interested in this ability, Antonin revealed to her that he possessed a much less impressive version of this skill which allowed him to draw the white ether from animals directly into himself by making direct physical contact, but other types of ether acted as poison to him. He then told her that she was truly gifted, and wondered why she didn't focus all of her training on her ether drawing ability instead of the concussive blasts that she was so known for.

When asked as to why he would spend so long in the Seminary, he told her, "Why not? There is no better place in all the world for someone like me. To tell you the truth, my gifts are wasted on war. They bring me dead men, I bring them back, and still they die the next day. At least here, I am helping to fashion the future of this world. Is that answer satisfying enough for you?"