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Aja smiled at Moritz, as if expecting such an answer.
"That is probably wise, not the best idea to accept a random power or gift from someone without fully understanding it. And often gifts are that only in name, and no more free than anything else. As for me, I truly do consider it a gift, one given freely to you. You can use it as you will, though from what I understand of you I think you will use it well. I offer it as a hand of friendship, of family, but don't expect anything in return."
"As for your question... The name of the ability is Pathfinding. Those who practice it are called Iraso. It is sort of an... On or off type thing. When you are initiated you will become an Iraso, your eyes will be changed in such a way you can use Iraso vision. That is the reason for the eye glowing, its when they have activated their Iraso vision. Once they do that, they can then Pathfind."
Moritz heard the words, but had some trouble understanding. Iraso. Pathfinding. Pathfind. Iraso vision. It was all very odd, and he was not sure he understood fully.
"So... You are initiated, and your eyes are changed... And you gain the ability to activate... Iraso vision. That Iraso vision lets you use the ability of Pathfinding, to Pathfind... So I guess... The action is to Pathfind, or Pathfinding, and the people who use it are Iraso... And doing it through Iraso vision... I sort of understand. Its a bit confusing though."
Aja laughed, taking a moment to catch her breath as she smiled and chuckled.
"That is to say the least. Yes, it is rather tricky. But I think you have the basic concept understood, at least as far as what I have explained to you."
"Right... So that is what it is called. The names. But what exactly does it do? And its not only people who can use it? You said you shared this ability with all of your family here, how do animals use it?"
"Ah, good question. So you might have gotten it from the name, but Pathfinding is about just that. Finding and following a path. At its base Iraso vision lets you see djed. That stuff that makes up everything. You can see the djed of everything, of bodies, forms, everything. Even to an extent its density. Though that will come later. Everything has djed. People, animals, objects, even the dirt and rock of the mountain has djed. Though some more than others. With Iraso vision you can see all of it. But by the nature of doing that, it does something else. Djed remants. When you walk around, move from home to here, go places, do things, you are leaving djed remants everywhere. And with Iraso vision you can see those remnants and follow them. That is how Pathfinding works."
Moritz frowned, not in anger but in concentration, as he tried to understand.
"So... Everything has djed... And when you walk around, you leave little bits of that djed behind. And with this ability you can see those bits, and use it to track along where things were or have been. Kind of like... Whats the word... Breadcrumbs? Everyone is walking around leaving little djed crumbs behind them. Only no one can see it, so no one notices. But with this special vision, this change of the eyes... You are able to see those djed crumbs."
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