[ Thankfully it's not the first time that Ange has had to clarify this. Maybe it's why it sounds so effortless for her to just simply reply with: ]

In other places they might call that sort of thing a "familiar", perhaps.

[ That seems like the closest equivalent that other people might grasp.. ]

This place was depleting her aura. [ She's not sure if that's a concept Michael knows about, but then again, it's more of a Ruby's world sort of thing than an Ange's world sort of thing. Still, she adds: ] That's practically her soul. The only way to keep her alive was to replace the strength she was losing with my own magic.

[ Which is what she did. ]