"Chaos and Order are considered the major mystical forces where we are from, the energy that exists in the air all around us, unseen but powerful. Mages can channel Chaos through balance and control." It is the first lesson learned when a young mage is found and brought to school. All of them used power they didn't know they wielded and it brought a teacher to them. It happened to him and Yennefer, and all of the others over the centuries.

"That is what we call it, but obviously the words people use for the same phenomenon changes depends on the Sphere in which we're in. I can still use my magic here, which means Chaos energy exists here as well, but they use a different term." It also isn't academic. It is trained and they have magic books, yes, but people can't just say a spell easily and have it work in his world. True mages need to put power and sacrifice behind their spells.

"I think it was, in the beginning. They had no way of knowing how it would work, it was being done for the first time, thus why they threw so many of us in jail." Istredd is not saying it was okay, in fact he would say it was incredibly stupid of them to treat the Summoned that way. Of course they would end up running after such terrible treatment. But it was done in haste and fear, because these are people who play with forces greater than themselves. "Irresponsible, to say the least."