Talk:Mana Manipulation/@comment-9625076-20161003101616/@comment-4041420-20161003160639

What makes mana sentient is that it possesses its own consciousness as well as a mind of its own. What it present within inanimate objects is that mana is always looking for things to inhabit, be it people or things. And yes, it would the rock "alive", but not in the sense where its able to walk and talk, but in the sense where it is able to think and feel.

Although, the soul is where mana is formed, it is merely a place holder for it. That is because mana is impersonal while the soul is not, and can be exerted from the body while the soul can't.