Mary stopped her movements for a moment, wiping her brow with the back of her sleeve, glad to focus on a practical topic to calm her racing heart. "Ah, it's because of how the Mist Monkey race functions. You see, unlike regular animals, these primates store and refine their ambient spiritual energy directly inside their fangs. It acts almost like a pseudo-core for them."
"A pseudo-core?" Ethan echoed, adjusting his grip on the tool.
