[Sounds familiar. And good enough for her, considering she's desperate for ideas here.]

I'll get a sample for him, then.

I'm looking forward to seeing this ritual, but what, exactly, does manipulating life energy entail? It sounds as if it might be the schools of Entropy and Creation combined.

[Actually she's just testing the waters to make sure it doesn't get so heretical she could never use it without just making things worse.]