[Was this man senile? Why did he not have a keeper of some sort to make sure he stayed out of trouble? He seemed rather smart, but in a Dist sort of way, not Jade and Guy.]

Y-yes... A fonon is the building block of the elements on Auldrant. There are seven, for the different elemental energies. [Thank Lorelei she'd read the books written by Jade when she was a child so that she could understand how things worked on Auldrant. Unlike a certain redheaded replica.]