[ It's a little too soon to conclude that he's kind. Sandalphon frowns, but before he can protest, the current of the conversation has already carried it elsewhere.

Well, the matter of how this world works is more important than assessments of his own nature. ]

Rather, it's an energy only those from other worlds can generate in this place, apparently. It's a resource which this world requires, but can no longer provide for itself.

[ So it seems, anyway. It's not unlike this fellow requiring what he calls mana, really. ]