I have heard that those who can use aether as well as Dominants were treated poorly, though I am unsure as to why. Most upon my star possess this ability. There are fewer who cannot. What would even make such a thing necessary? What purpose does it serve?

[ G'raha doesn't understand too much of the star's condition. How areas are becoming aether-depleted and the population diminishing. About the Mothercrystals and their purpose. None of that is really known to him, only that Bearers and Dominants are used, but to what end?

The topic is a difficult one for him as well though. Hearing the damage to Cid's body reminds him so much of his own. The crystallization process had not been painless, as one might imagine. ]

Joshua has told me that you use your own aether, not the ambient aether around you. Has this option not been investigated? What of your condition here?