That's another significant difference. From a certain perspective, channeling life energy is merely a matter of moving it from one place to another. If I wanted to heal myself, the only option would be to draw quintessence from an external source...
Which isn't impossible. For example, we could draw it from quintessence crystals, a principle that powered our healing pods. But more often than not, the only option would have been to draw it out of another living being. And considering Alteans tend to 'carry' much more quintessence than other beings...
... as you can imagine, that was a line I was unwilling to cross.
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That's another significant difference. From a certain perspective, channeling life energy is merely a matter of moving it from one place to another. If I wanted to heal myself, the only option would be to draw quintessence from an external source...
Which isn't impossible. For example, we could draw it from quintessence crystals, a principle that powered our healing pods. But more often than not, the only option would have been to draw it out of another living being. And considering Alteans tend to 'carry' much more quintessence than other beings...
... as you can imagine, that was a line I was unwilling to cross.