New Laws (4)

'I thought you said it would not devour me because of my identity. But what you said just now makes me think it would have done that if I did not have enough magic energy.'

[Let me ask you a question: how would the vortex know your identity if you did not have enough magic energy?]

Meaning the vortex identified him through his magic energy.

'That's fair,' Kyran agreed with a slight nod. 'But... Do you have to regard that vortex as if it has a life of its own?'

Even as he said it, he paused and recalled how he would also refer to automatons as if they were alive after they birthed their own sentient. This made him want to retract his words. But before he could, Shaiha had already responded.

[Because that is the truth of The Realm.]

Kyran frowned again, not because Shaiha's statement could open the 'The Realm' topic again, but because of what they implied.