"I think you may be mistaking ellan for pure mana. It is a common mistake, there is really one difference and that is pure mana doesn't use esir or ragna like other magics. Many people are either indifferent or even hateful towards it. I think you might recognize more it as archant, which is magic using mana. However, to Xi, mana is much more important. XI grows lots of manawyn which is a common ingredient used to create pure mana.. Manawyn was once a very important export of Xi and mana has been long apart of our tradition." 

"However, recently Archant has been banned in Xi. It has become illegal to grow or sell manawyn hurting our economy and putting many of the lower class Xians out of work. Many of the noble families brushed this off so the revolts are being put down, mostly because the nobles get all of their money from trade. It is because of the greedy Guardia nobles. You see, Xi is controlled by the Guardia King and the greedy nobles of Guardia used this to push for an Archant ban. Guarida didn't buy any manawyn, so by banning it, they both hurt are pride and our economy without even affecting Guardia." she paused, and continued, " I am sorry for the rant, but I just needed to let someone know how I been feeling."

"And you haven't drank any of your tea yet. Please, drink up. I might get offend if you don't." she continued.