( jingyi leans back, his tail returning to a ticktock flopping to the outside of the booth's table. watching that skull, too, commenting offhand: )

Looks like what demonic cultivation should...

( for many reasons, not the least being what respect paid to remains should be ends up crossing over with images of the dead, or what should be at least connected to the rest of a body. not that he thinks so literally, but it's a thought that comes to mind. )

So you want to refill the pool faster, but mana, is it something around here? Does it replenish in you naturally, over time, so there'd be some way to give you the right kind of energy so that it replenishes? How does that deal with the stuff that happens from magic going all not-great?