Well this probably isn't all that good.

[kitty_of_light]

C'taqa has arrived, and he's getting right to the question this time. No faffing about. Looking intensely serious, too.

"If you had the chance to - basically throw away an old life you don't want to remember, and start a new one, as a whole new person - what would be the best things to consider while thinking about it?"

He pauses. "I mean, uh...other than the reactions of everyone around you."

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[mybadhabit]

"Could be." He hops off the couch, stuffing one hand in his pocket and waving the other through the wispy green trail. "I know with my village's jutsus, we use both our own internal energies and on the life force of the world around us. For example, I use my own energies to gather the energy the wind to increase my speed and power, and to create minor illusions. Have you put much effort into practicing? Using similar techniques, you may be able to enhance your ability to call up this "aether" to power your magic."

[kitty_of_light]

Now C'taqa smirks a little, taking out those cards again and fanning them out in front of Sonic. "As a matter of fact - that's exactly what these taught me to do. I can enhance offensive power and bolster defensive, temporarily increase the amount of aether flow in myself and others, and even temporarily increase the ability to more thoroughly utilize that aether."

[mybadhabit]

"Oh, they're focuses! That makes a lot of sense!" He leans in to examine them more closely, nodding to himself. "We stopped using those when I was in middle school, but since we're no longer on your world, I can imagine them being extremely necessary."

[kitty_of_light]

"I haven't needed them since I was first learning. Astromancy - basically taking aetheric energy from the stars - teaches the user to focus on six constellations, called 'gates'. Once the user understands the power in each gate, it's 'unlocked'. The cards help with that."