It was rare to have enough time to truly figure out the flow of mana in another realm. Most realms he had travelled to, Aether hadn't even bothered to try to learn it. The chaos realm was too chaotic to ever figure out it rules – if it even had any rules fathomable by him. The realm of the dead… well, there wasn't much to figure out there.
This place was different though – he could see the flow focusing to a central point, somewhere behind the barrier. He could feel all mana being drawn to that centre, and he couldn't help but burn with curiosity.
Endless possibilities crossed his mind as he considered what the mana could be gathering around. A deity, a focal point… he could fathom a billion guesses, yet none more likely than the others.
