☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Ahem, - not allowing the situation to escalate unnecessarily, Ayano brings everyone back to the starting point, and, taking the teacher's silence as a sign of agreement, returns to the topic of conversation. - To be honest, I don't need anything like that; all my "knowledge" is already with me," - a grateful glance flickered towards the man in black for a split second. - Except... there was an ability in the fragments, how to explain... hmm... you know, sometimes - albeit rarely - an excessive amount of external stimuli or stress causes a desire to calm the mind, to move it to a metaphorical peaceful place. Well, even if you don't know, we have such a meditative practice. Our abbess used to resort to it from time to time, and I didn't understand why it was needed. But now I am the abbess myself, and life has led me to realize its meaning... However, she has become so proficient in it that she can clear her mind even without detaching from the world, as if instantly shedding all stress and even strengthening her mind. Uh... - she took a short pause. - Is that how it works? To be honest, I'm not sure if such an explanation makes sense to an outsider...