I was under the impression that if you use fractal, you'd have to pay enough
![Light :light](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/light18x18.png)
(The actual cost part, in the corner), but you'd still lose all of your
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
(The effect part of fractal). Thus, if you had 18
![Light :light](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/light18x18.png)
and 3
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
, for example, the cost of the first fractal would bring you to 9
![Light :light](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/light18x18.png)
0
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
, and the second to 0
![Light :light](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/light18x18.png)
0
![Aether :aether](https://elementscommunity.org/forum/Smileys/solosmileys/../../../images/Misc/aether18x18.png)
.