[She doesn't mean to bring up painful memories, and perhaps she should just lay these aside. If she can continue to frame it as simply a discussion of differing magicks...]
We endeavor not to have this happen to anyone, of course. The various magical disciplines studied in Eorzea place great emphasis upon drawing in and using the ambient aether of the world, rather than risk the drain upon your own.
[One ear turns aside a bit, and her hands still around her teacup.]
The Empire we face eschews reliance upon manipulation of aether, chiefly because they are themselves incapable of utilizing it. Instead they progress in the use of nonmagical technology.
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We endeavor not to have this happen to anyone, of course. The various magical disciplines studied in Eorzea place great emphasis upon drawing in and using the ambient aether of the world, rather than risk the drain upon your own.
[One ear turns aside a bit, and her hands still around her teacup.]
The Empire we face eschews reliance upon manipulation of aether, chiefly because they are themselves incapable of utilizing it. Instead they progress in the use of nonmagical technology.