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!"

this become a question of his sexuality. Franco really

complaining so 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

get a cool

you to do?" Milan

I'm taking this

as the nine of them talked and chatted.

remember to only use the more valuable of the two

don't think it will take much time. The person who gave me the map didn't specify too much, so I assume

It was clear he had no idea the level of commotion he was about to cause, nor the kind of sparks he was about to

**

He sat in silence for a long while, seemingly organizing his thoughts. His heartbeat was

Aina had left behind sat on his lap without making a single sound. He had already checked, but

if one pried Leonel open to the point of being able to read his mind, one would never guess that he was going through a breakup. Maybe even Leonel's own Dream Simulation wouldn't be able

how long dad has been away from mom… At least 18 years, right? Did they talk in that time? Did they miss each other? Why did they separate at all? Was there a good reason? Or was the reason as terrible

wondered… His dad had left him without even a word of goodbye. Well, if his holographic messages were excluded, anyway. Could that be because he was so excited to reunite with his wife? Or

that Leonel thought about it, he wasn't even certain that his parents were still together. For all he knew,

would be nice if you were here, old man. You really know how to disappear

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

sat a split path between Duty and Love. Somehow, Leonel almost knew that this same split

back into his chair and closed his eyes. Deep, rhythmic breathing filled the quiet