Gods, I won't manage this half as well as Urianger, but...
[He sort of mutters that to himself, before digging into his bag and retrieving a notebook and a pen; he flips to the very back page of it and frowns at it a minute before slowly and methodically drawing a chart.]
Just so. There are six elementally-aspected forms of aether, with two others at the poles for a total of eight. Elemental aether consists of fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, and ice. At either end are — you could call it raw aether, I suppose. Pure passive aether, and pure active aether.
[Below the chart, he sketches out a new quick sequence in a straight line:
Light - Ice - Water - Earth - Wind - Fire - Lightning - Dark ]
This is how they range, most stagnant to most active. Do you follow so far?
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[He sort of mutters that to himself, before digging into his bag and retrieving a notebook and a pen; he flips to the very back page of it and frowns at it a minute before slowly and methodically drawing a chart.]
Just so. There are six elementally-aspected forms of aether, with two others at the poles for a total of eight. Elemental aether consists of fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, and ice. At either end are — you could call it raw aether, I suppose. Pure passive aether, and pure active aether.
[Below the chart, he sketches out a new quick sequence in a straight line:
Light - Ice - Water - Earth - Wind - Fire - Lightning - Dark ]
This is how they range, most stagnant to most active. Do you follow so far?