Regina's eyes widened in confusion, her heart pounding as the weight of Alice's words hung in the air. "And how... how can we do that?" she whispered, her voice trembling.
Alice hesitated, a deep blush creeping up her cheeks. She looked away before speaking, "By… by sucking him."
Regina blinked, completely caught off guard by Alice's words. "What?"
"I mean his mana, Regina," Alice clarified quickly, her voice lowering to a whisper. "We need to draw the impure mana out directly—through intimate contact."
She paused, her blush deepening, "The mana is like a parasite feeding off of Julian. I am sure it will lose its properties once it's extracted from him. And with the help of my barrier, the mana can't survive for long. This way we can hope to save Julian."
Regina felt a heat rise in her cheeks, the sensation strangely misplaced in the tense setting.