"Originally, I needed his power to harness and use to power our magitechnology. But when I finally did make a pact with him, I needed it to sever the links between our two worlds so that they wouldn't have to vie for each other's mana anymore."

She bit her lip and gave a small smile.

"I'm sure this all sounds like complete and utter nonsense. I'm really not good at explaining things. That was always Raine's place, or even Kratos'."