"Necessity?" she asked in confusion.
"The people of Sutherland did not know of the existence of breathing techniques." He gave a nostalgic chuckle.
"Or vlast, or combat arts, or crystals, or memory stones. To us, these things are less than three decades old. We cultivated through meditation and natural oddities for eons. The 6th crystal was the highest plain we could reach," commented Fitzroy.
Ana was flabbergasted. "H-how? Did it take you all 30 years to become this strong? How could that happen? How did you end up here? What changed your circumstance?" Ana had so many questions her brain trembled.