"I can't keep wearing those things," Waver repeated. He looked... shaken, even scared.

"It's going to kill me."

Maybe he was being dramatic. After all, it would take a long time to do that-- but before it got to that point, the drain would leave him weak, incapacitated, eventually unconscious or even catatonic. His body couldn't draw mana from the atmosphere like he naturally would, but since he hadn't been using any significant amounts either, he hadn't been too concerned about that. Until now.