Eryke looked around him. He could see glittering blue particles around.
"Is mana blue?"
He raised an eyebrow but quickly shook his head. Colour was an illusion of the eyes, refracted by light, so seeing this mana around him in blue might just be his eyes playing tricks on him.
It was like looking at an object from one side and seeing a different colour than when viewed from another angle.
The object wasn't actually changing colour—it was just the eyes playing tricks.
Anyway, except for seeing mana, Eryke could feel visible changes in his body. The mana in the surroundings was rapidly gathering towards him and turning into a funnel like a storm, before all gradually accumulating into his body.
"My passive mana absorption has increased by at least ten times," Eryke mumbled, then closed his eyes.
He could also feel that this mana was not only going towards his core; some of it slipped into his body, and he felt some heat.
"Is this nourishing me?"
