Right... well, where I'm from, we have the Lifestream.
It's at the centre of every Planet, and... when you're born, a little bit of the Lifestream is granted to you. That's your soul. Spirit energy. Call it what you will. It's a part of you, and you're a part of the Planet.
-Hands her a smaller green materia, about the size of a cherry-
You live your life, you experience things, you feel, you remember, and then when the time comes... you return to the Planet, and your memories rejoin the Lifestream.
-Clutches her hand- You okay?
edited 3rd Sep '14 7:29:27 PM by GameSpazzer
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist<He just appeared to me, told me his mission, and told me to come along. And he made it clear he wouldn't take no for an answer.>
(Sneak attack for 3.0x damage! Wraith is dead!)
<And I know that challenging a sorcerer will end with my death.>
Gotta AFK for a bit)
edited 3rd Sep '14 7:32:58 PM by foxmccloud4387
-Shakes his head- We have coal, too. Nobody uses it, though. Not efficient enough..
-Laughs bitterly- In a way you're sort of right, but that's a long story.
-Keeps a tight grip on her hand-
...Eventually, those memories condense and crystalise, usually over thousands and thousands of years into materia.
...
We found a way to force the process.
-Scratches his neck- ...All materia is created from memories. And the ones with the most memories are usually humans. Naturally formed materia, like what I had been using... it's so old, and crystalised over such a long period of time, it doesn't really matter who or what it was anymore.
Green ones just mean basic magic, but —
I don't know, she did something. She could have just asked. -Looks tired-
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist

-Goes back inside-