Valerie was like a magical vacuum, sucking up the mana in the air at an extraordinary rate. It was flowing into her body with such speed and ease, it was almost as if the world itself was eager for her to have it.
Like it had been keeping it all around, in just a handful of farms and rich people gardens, waiting for someone who actually knew what they were doing, and finally Valerie had presented herself.
Of course that was not the case. The world did not think or feel, it was a rock floating in space. But the same could not be said of the natural spirits of the world. They took notice of what she was doing, although they also noticed that she had been claimed by the little Brownie, they showed their respect by offering their mana as a welcome gift to the world's first true mage. At least, the first in a long, long time.
