Mana? Oh, right. Saqin mentioned something about that before. There was a power source that existed on this planet long before Saqin and his brothers arrived.
That, however, did not explain the brief glint of power Xibtrae felt. She tensed up, turned her head to the side, and looked off into nothing. It would probably be clear to even Val that Xibtrae had felt something--but lacking the ability to sense mana, it was most certainly something closer to home for her.
Spirit.
Few things in the universe had such powerful spirits. Even in this world, it was very rare to find someone with a natural spirit of excessively high caliber.
"I agree," she said, her voice low and . . . serious, actually.
She didn't reach up to touch her scythe, but she seemed now as on-guard as she was when Val first brought her to this place. And with good reason . . .