[This is somewhat more comfortable ground, although it reminds him of Stuff Back Home he would rather not think about.]

. . . I had a power called "eres" back on my world. We had to swear a vow to a god to receive it. It did all sorts of things--it could help you control the elements or add power to your fighting moves, and it was used to power a lost civilization's technology. Some of the things it did were affected by your level of resolve.

It wasn't much like this, in any case.