Dimensional Descent

Finally, there was Franco. He looked toward Leonel with anticipation, hoping that his outcome would be as great as everyone else's.

His ability was quite simple, it was a pure physical boost. However, it wasn't as simple as the most common increases to strength, speed or the like. Rather, it was a holistic upgrade in everything from his senses to his speed to his reaction time.

Franco would probably benefit the most from comprehending all encompassing Universal Force, but Leonel understood that such a thing couldn't be expected. There would be very few people like him and Arnold. He had to be careful with setting the bar too high or else Franco would be the one to suffer most should he fail.

Rather than doing this, Leonel tailored Franco's future path to what he loved.

Franco seemed to think that the broad sword was the coolest weapon that there was, so Leonel allowed him to continue along that path. At the same time, he incorporated a mandatory daily routine for flexibility.

"Cap… You don't really want me to do this… Right?"

Leonel grinned. "What's the matter?"

"I would rather die!"

"Oh come on, it's just a little stretching."

"A little stretching in preparation for what?!" Franco was almost speechless. "I don't swing that way even for you, Cap!"

to help, how did this become a question of his sexuality. Franco

much, if you want to maximize your ability, your limbs need to be limber. If they aren't, you'll only be impeding yourself. Also, be sure to only perform the stretches after weight training. If you do it before, you'll affect your performance and increase chances of

Why couldn't I get a

you to do?"

taking this

talked and chatted. Finally, Leonel felt that

of you two treasures that suit you. But, you have to remember to only use the more valuable of the two if you're in a life or death situation. Don't go

not entirely sure how long I'll be gone… But I don't think it will take much time. The person who gave

It was clear he had no idea the level of

**

sat in silence for a long while, seemingly organizing his thoughts. His heartbeat was steady, his blood flowed smoothly, and his breathing had a calming cadence to

items that Aina had left behind sat on his lap without making a single sound. He had already checked, but there was no final message, no apology, and not even an enraged rant about how terrible of

being able to read his mind, one would never guess that he was going through a

right? Did they talk in that time? Did they miss each other?

if his holographic messages were excluded, anyway. Could that be because

he wasn't even certain that his parents were still together.

would be nice if you were here, old man. You really

to the dictionary. Although it had his father's voice, it sounded too

a split path between Duty and Love. Somehow, Leonel almost knew that this same split road was what had separated his parents for so long.

his chair and closed his eyes.