[…sort of. Hawk leans back a little, looking up.] Mana was fading- ah, mana is the force that supports everything in my world, it's… it comes from the Mana Tree, the goddess's physical form. She turned herself into the Tree years ago, after she formed the world… With the fading of mana, the Tree was fading too- I don't know which came first, now. [he shakes his head and looks forward again, frowning.] …in any case. There were people who wanted to take advantage of that- one bested the others, and took the tool of the Goddess for himself. Only… she had enough to resist him, a little, and he cut the Tree down.
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[…sort of. Hawk leans back a little, looking up.] Mana was fading- ah, mana is the force that supports everything in my world, it's… it comes from the Mana Tree, the goddess's physical form. She turned herself into the Tree years ago, after she formed the world… With the fading of mana, the Tree was fading too- I don't know which came first, now. [he shakes his head and looks forward again, frowning.] …in any case. There were people who wanted to take advantage of that- one bested the others, and took the tool of the Goddess for himself. Only… she had enough to resist him, a little, and he cut the Tree down.