[She sighs actually, like that's a relief to her. Their sources have to function differently, just based on what he's told her, but she's glad there's something there. And it's good that he gets it; she's going to give him the simplified version, but it gets more complicated from here.]
Our source is called the Root. For this, imagine it like it were a well of water.
[Cupping her hands in front of her, Rin stares down into her open palms as if to imagine that water there; the source of all magical energy running through her fingers.]
The water it holds is vast, but not infinite. In the beginning, few people knew about it so they could draw as much as they wanted from it comfortably, but as the centuries went by others too learned of its existence. As a result of that, how much we can draw from the well has been diluted significantly in the present time.
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Our source is called the Root. For this, imagine it like it were a well of water.
[Cupping her hands in front of her, Rin stares down into her open palms as if to imagine that water there; the source of all magical energy running through her fingers.]
The water it holds is vast, but not infinite. In the beginning, few people knew about it so they could draw as much as they wanted from it comfortably, but as the centuries went by others too learned of its existence. As a result of that, how much we can draw from the well has been diluted significantly in the present time.