Hmph. When everyone has something, it finds its own balance. [Aether isn't really an advantage because when both you are your enemies both wield it, it's still equal ground. With a few exceptions, of course.] Against beasts, perhaps. Though many of them have their own ways of manipulating aether.

[He sighs.]

The techniques I learned were intended for the slaying of dragons. Yet, dragons themselves have their own reserves of aether, far greater than anything the average man could summon.