Swamped

"How long did you train for the priesthood?" you ask.

He gives you an odd look.

"Six years. What does that have to do with anything?"

"Hmm. Auras are seventh year. You probably can handle them now, but I'm hardly equipped to teach."

"Auras?" He seems confused.

"My apologies. Greblings may have another term for them. I am referring to life energy. They say the gods can grant their priests the power to see it, that it appears as a bright colored light around a living thing. Has it not come up in your studies yet?"

"Oh, you mean the issat. Yeah, I've read up on them, but no, I can't see them. And even if I could, I wouldn't be able to tell which issat belongs to which human around here. So I don't think that's going to work out."

Hmm. Unfortunately, all your knowledge of auras comes from talking to Mantis. And there's a lot he never explained clearly. He has a tendency to meander whenever he's talking, after all.

Still, perhaps there's something you can recall from those conversations that might be useful here.