[h2]Tyaethe[/h2]

"It's an amount that comes in quite helpful for this particular task," she countered with a shrug. It was a lot easier to get a feel for mana first time if there was a [i]lot[/i] of it involved in the process, and by the same token why it was extraordinarily rare for anyone of enormous power to not be somewhat aware of it even as a child, the pool of mana waiting just below the surface and all too easy to direct to something. "My instructors as a child thought it ridiculous I wished to be a knight and not a mage."

They would have particularly had a point if she had continued ageing normally. Tiny, intermittently frail, half-blind [i]and[/i] facing some rather obvious challenges where combat was involved? Becoming a vampire had certainly had one or two perks in regards to sticking to her childhood goals, even if the costs outweighed it.

Watching from the outside, she was never sure how difficult this task was meant to be. [i]Just[/i] calling on mana? To her, it was as easy as breathing, no matter her lack of magical skill to go with it. For someone without the same high aptitude... was this supposed to be a first-time thing, or a week-long meditation? Fortunately, she was saved the need to come up with any empty platitudes by Fionn's success... although, as pleasing as that was, the paladin still wasn't sure if that was expected or not.

"It's more a halo around your palm," she supplied helpfully, "Yours is green."