"Like I said, magic is the lifeblood of the world we live in. And like every entity in the universe, if it has blood, the blood flows through channels. People have veins, and the world has the same, but with a different name and nature.
"We call them Ley lines. They carry the energy of the world. But the Ley lines aren't something of physical nature. They are more of an intangible thing. And they traverse the world, under its surface, reaching the highest of heights, and the deepest of depths, feeding it with the life energy it needs to sustain itself."
Astaroth listened with rapt attention. He may not be much of a thinker, but there was nothing in the world he liked more than learning new things.
Unfortunately for him, what Aravelle was saying to him was such a foreign concept to him he was having a hard time understanding the implications.
"Wait…" he interrupted the Elf.