7.17 - Infusion Potions
There was something strange about the way the mana infusion worked with third tier potions. Theo did a run of their standard second tier restoration potions… a tiny run that really didn’t stress the artifice. Doing such a small run allowed him to watch the reactions with his stunted magical senses, observing all the invisible stuff mixing together and doing their thing. Of course, his powers were driven by Shadow—formerly Zaul—to allow him to take a look behind the veil.
Interactions with Shadow’s powers were weird at the best of times. They were built on a foundation of aura manipulation—a concept Theo wasn’t completely familiar with yet—and the infusion of one’s willpower into that aura. That infusion was similar enough to the way the essence was infused with mana during the third tier process. There was something there. Theo was certain of it.
“You sure are concentrating over there,” Salire said.
Theo shook his head, stepping away from the still for a moment. “I’ll be working on this for a while. I’m not sure what your take is on the interaction between the essence and the mana, but I’m curious. Would only Tero’gal mana work?”
“That’d be my guess,” Salire said with a shrug. “I saw it more as a bridge than anything. Something to go from here to there.”
Theo shook his head. They didn’t agree on that. “This is more like an infusion, where the pieces of mana are introduced to the essence and fill the gaps.”
“Yeah, like a bridge,” Salire said.
Theo blinked a few times, but shook his head. They were talking about the same thing in a different way. “Right, so if the mana makes up for what the essence lacks, what else could it do?”
Salire stood beside the still, tapping her foot. "You're talking about infusing something into the essence itself, instead of bridging the gap with empty information," she said. "You want to do so with what? Other properties?"