Laddie folded his arms and stroked his chin as he looked at Xzavier. For starters, it was extremely weird that someone like him was so good at meditation. And on his first try to! The old man wasn't naïve to conclude this as mere beginner's luck. Even for a rookie who was just trying his hand at this, Xzavier had exceeded all expectations.
And yet, that wasn't even the most baffling fact, what further compounded the whole thing was that there hadn't even been a little shred of mana. This was by far an abnormality of the weirdest degree. Mana was often a byproduct of serious meditation, this was a known and established fact. The two usually went hand in hand with each other. Hence, Laddie's dilemma. Xzavier had meditated so perfectly that any normal mage who had spent that much time under would have harvested a serious amount of mana. The old man was truly lost for words, he hadn't seen such a strange corporeity before!
