I don't know...I kind of want some proof of what they're doing before I believe what they're saying. [It happens when you're too curious but also have been screwed over a lot.

Jude starts to explain though and for a moment Hiro's face scrunches up in thought. That's definitely different than anything he was expecting. Maybe he was expecting like spooky ghosts of the spirit of Christmas Past or whatever, but spirits that power technology and basic amenities...he understands mana on a base level, but that's all fictional.

Isn't it? That opens up so many possibilities.]

...that's pretty bad, dude. Isn't there another way to get mana from the spirits without draining them that way? [Good in theory, bad in practice.]