You explained it all to me, and I have no idea about your world, how hard is it to explain to people who get how magic works there?

( said with a squint, not so much an accusation as pointing out that explaining to a stranger is only easier for emotional load, not for explanatory load. he can get it, but also, sees no point avoiding a problem that only is a problem out of... well, that. not wanting to find a way to start a conversation.

jingyi is not someone who suffers from that to ooften. )

Mm, not that. You die and can leave all your energies behind as a big negative thing that has its own form, but unless you killed yourself, doesn't work like that... oh.

( A pause, and he glances away. )

Unless you qi-deviate, though it's not the negative energies necessarily causing that.

( he's looking back at Idia when it comes to flowerbed Phantoms. )

So there's no way to salt the flowerbed's earth, huh?