"Oh, how my classmates in Quandrix would love to hear that," Liliana said with an amused shake of her head. "While everyone in Silverquill might have just paled and gone to lay down. For the magic users in my neck of the Multiverse, it's mana and will. The will shapes the spell, the mana makes it happen. You can have all the aptitude and will in the world, but if you don't have the right mana, you're screwed."