"As I said earlier, our world works on energy balance. Now you see, the soul of a being is the most powerful source of energy in our world. In fact that holds true in any of the worlds. Well, to maintain the balance of nature, for every being that dies, a new being is born," the first elder started explaining the workings of this world as he knew it, very enthusiastically to this girl who was horrified to think where this was going.
Agnes already had a few ideas in her mind, and she was a smart girl. Having so much knowledge of magic and knowing that this was her 'final' lesson, she could tell where these men were leading with it.
Humans were always power hungry beings. And the way these men had started the talk was with wanting to control the workings of the nature for absolute rule over this world. There was something really insidious about the way these men were so excited. She just kept nodding as she kept making scenarios in her head.