[ alisaie's brows flicker up in interest. she's heard of crystal use from a few other worlds, but most she's met here are completely bewildered when she mentions their use. ]

Where I am from, all life and aether flows from and through the Mothercrystal. She is the heart of all things.

[ completely normal, right. ]

But all lesser crystals are simply condensed aether, though they vary in power and size and elemental charge. I've never heard of a crystal powered by a living creature.. more often I've seen only the opposite.