The whore and the liar

Khan didn't know what to say. What Liiza labeled as free was nothing more than unreliable energy for humans. The amount of control that he had to develop during the twelve mental exercises served the purpose of preventing unwanted effects, which felt normal when it came to such an unstable power.

Still, Khan trusted Liiza and her knowledge about mana enough to probe her on the topic. "[How do Niqols handle the chaos element]?"

"[We don't]," Liiza explained. "[None of us has it. We have mana since birth, so the Nak have only managed to cause monstrous mutations during their attack]."

"[How can you be sure that my approach is wrong then]?" Khan asked. "[I know for a fact that some humans have learnt to use spells with the chaos element]."

"[They are still only using a small part of its power]," Liiza rebuked. "[You should imitate the Nak instead of doing the exact opposite. They don't try to control their mana. They let it run free]."