[ He takes the tea cup with a nod of thanks, letting it warm the tips of his fingers. ]

I'm familiar. The Light works in similar ways, another force to be found in all living things. Channeling it to heal, to mend, is a study that takes great discipline. Years of learning. One of my teachers was over ten-thousand years old, and even claimed he could know everything there was.

[ A small smile touched his lips. ]

So I sought many, many teachers. A few spoke of this qi, or something akin to it.