Dimensional Descent

Aina adjusted quickly. Her battle sense had always been beyond Leonel's. What Leonel had to deduce and calculate, she did as naturally as breathing, her instincts and reflexes existing on a plane all to her own.

Facing the oppressive leg kicks of the Rapax, her movements were as calming as a spring's wind and as lithe as a ball of cotton.

Leonel observed without a word, his mind entering a different sort of state. Now that he was out of his raging battle mode, he began to think about things in a new light. It was quite interesting, of all the battle styles the Rapax could have with its powerful body, their race seemed to have chosen to become a group of kicking experts.

One would never expect such a thing from their poor overall posture. But, at the same time, Leonel had to admit that it suited them quite well.

The claws on their feet had a lethality that spoke for themselves, their tails gave them an extra foundation to balance upon, giving them freedom of movement two-legged humans couldn't hope to match, they had an extra joint in their legs giving them added leverage for power and, as though all of these things weren't enough, their legs themselves were exceptionally long, taking up as much as three quarters of their body.

When things were broken down this way, it felt like it would be more of a shame than anything else if the Rapax chose any other martial art form.

because of this choice of theirs. Leonel could imagine that their people had probably evolved a whole culture around their legs. Every technique, every Lineage Factor, and maybe even their Ability Indexes to

to be random and had nothing to do with genes and DNA.

Force was so widely variable and random. In

perspective, it all fell into place. Leonel hadn't noticed any obvious usage of an Ability by the Rapax in the battles he had fought. But, then again, he had only fought one real Rapax while these Aina was facing now were nothing more than

evolutionary paths into more roads than could possibly be accounted for. If things are looked at in this way, even though my world views make the likes of the Brazinger family to be disgusting… Maybe they have their

objective truth. The obsession of the Brazinger family over the purity of their bloodlines, even to the point

were perfect. Her Ability Index, her Lineage Factor, her Style, her Force affinities… They all combined into a

had had in depth contact with was also like this. Simeon's Gene Manipulation Ability Index was a lot

that would make perfect sense since Aina was a half-blood

skip a beat. These were all things he had already known for a very long time, but when they were put together and described like this, it all made almost too much sense. But, at the same time, it was a reminder of his

improved one another. However, if he truly wanted to reach the pinnacle of his strength,

Simeon go again. His Gene Manipulation Ability isn't even documented in any Ability Index I've ever read. In fact, I haven't ever seen Aina's Ability documented either. But,