Jachym scowled at the girl, "Well you are either going to have to or find yourself a reliable girlfriend to keep up with the mana requirements of an apprenticeship. You natural recovery rate is not enough to pay for the tutelage and continue practicing spellcraft outside of my laboratory."<br/><br/>He'd picked this location and quickly brought over a mana fountain for his own use. It ever so slightly increased natural recovery rates, but more importantly it saturated the air with mana so it was easier to cast spells. Very convinient, though nothing like the fountains at major magical academies.<br/><br/>"Your condition is such that the longer you engage in sexual relation the more mana you drain from your partner, having more than one partner will also speed the process. As such a female form is best suited for this due to the ability to continue for much longer periods of time." He had been raising his voice through out the rant and then suddenly stopped talking. Jachym couldn't believe the impudence of his apprentice, he knew the best methods of mana gathering like any proper mage and wanted Arran to have the best he could. Why should it matter what form the boy wore or who he had to have sex with to get the mana, those were silly concerns for non-mages.<br/><br/>"However, this conversation should happen later after I have instructed you in more magical technique. Now then, I want you to heat the water in this flask until it begins boiling. Touch it if you must, but if you can do it from a range all the better." He pointed his wand at a half-full flask on one of the tabled.