[quote=@Nimda]
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I guess I don't have much of a choice, huh?
*Stretches out on the floor, popping several vertebrae*
Magic is naturally destructive in our world. If you pump magic through objects, they break. If you push it through yourself, you get magic poisoning. Everyone is born with some amount of mana that counteracts the destructive effects of magic.
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Interesting. Mana is a defensive/and immunity towards magic. 
*thinks for a second and speaks slightly out loud to myself*
I wonder how long magic has been in your world… must be enough time for mana to be developed in a way to counteract it…