DisgaeaDragoon said: They WHAT!? I thought your supposed to have'em get smacked with the magic to learn it, not eat the sorry sod...Besides, that's Quina's job
SILENCE EM!!! *uses Bad Breath*
The mythology for Blue Mages in Final Fantasy XI is that they absorb the essence of fiends to learn the spells. By layman's terms they consume souls to fuel their art.