Chapter 258 - Preordained (2/2)

"I can't answer that on behalf of all the Faeruns, Arthur And I can't say how their ale brewing or their practice of honing their eleh, that their way of life, their freedo out various experiences are crucial in their ranking journey

Those experiences and expressions of freedo with the world's mana when the state of epiphany finally hits the we can only emulate on a cos beliefs and opinions about everything we find worthy of our tined

Whiles They'll wear their hearts on their sleeves around you if they trust you

So if and when the state of epiphany hits theet the ested by the world'sit sounds

This all happens subconsciously of course Neither the elves nor we humans can consciously make our decisions while our psyches are suspended in that ethereal state

And neither of us can influence the mana to tell us exactly ant to know That's why I said it all cos"

It seereed with the potioneer's patient explanations And that understanding made him a bit reluctant to come to terms with it:

"That would mean humans will always stay one step behind elves and other races that excel in their fields of expertise? Is there no way around it?"

Cybill checked out her husband's condition and replied to Arthur without looking at hi officially existing Early researchers thought halflings would be the key to understanding andranking techniques based on their constitutions But they dropped the idea as soon as it came out

Let's take a child between a human and an elf for example That child, whether it be called half-hu upon its appearance, will carry the shortcos of both its parents in most cases First of all, it will never be able to talk with the mana the way elves do because it is half-huet better in its field even if it studies it diligently as it's not cos were considered worthless by pure-blooded rankers of all the races But he didn't see sigh and elaborated further:

"The reason I say this is because a hu items depends on our ability to either consciously or subconsciously blend our consciousness into ourtechniques take our nature into account

Of course, it taints the final products But that is soe and nature drastically differs froh to make all of our recipes and techniques virtually useless to the half-elf ranker

And since the halflings cannot hone their elements the same way elves can, the elven recipes and techniques also beco suffers froe over the races it was born fros are not respected by either race because they are considered useless Plus, they are rare to be born in the first place because the chances of their natural progeny are ridiculously low So it seems nature and the world's mana also don't like their existence either"

Froe, Cybill retrieved a vial of potion It see at her husband's condition