02-15-2007, 02:37 PM
Astrianna froze, her coffee half-way between the mailbox she'd set it on and her lips. She froze because she had picked up the one thing her senses were always tuned for, both physical and metaphysical. The 2 highest of the supreme laws were just broken. The law against murder by magic, and the law against the invasion of the mind.
You must understand that magic comes from lifeforce. Much like electricity is harnessed, refined lightning, magic is harnessed, refined lifeforce. To kill using magic; to end life with the very essence of life itself, is a truely perverse thing indeed. And it was the one thing that pissed Astrianna off more than anything else. she closed her eyes and reached out over the leylines; the channels of natural magic that ran through the universe, feeling around for expended magic. The technical term for expended mana was numina, but Anna just called it burnoff.
You must understand that magic comes from lifeforce. Much like electricity is harnessed, refined lightning, magic is harnessed, refined lifeforce. To kill using magic; to end life with the very essence of life itself, is a truely perverse thing indeed. And it was the one thing that pissed Astrianna off more than anything else. she closed her eyes and reached out over the leylines; the channels of natural magic that ran through the universe, feeling around for expended magic. The technical term for expended mana was numina, but Anna just called it burnoff.
