Dimensional Descent

In a few moments, Leonel could think of quite a few interpretations of his uncle's words, the most important and profound of which was the dichotomy between the presence of a clap of thunder, compared to the irony of the world's ignorance.

The clap of thunder was supposedly the subjects beating heart, and everyone could so clearly hear it, and yet they had no idea just what that represented.

Whatever hidden rage and fury that caused the skies to quake was still bottled away, hidden in the tip of the very pen before him.

It was a powerful imagery, and it made Leonel somewhat understand what his uncle was trying to say. The spear was a steady and controlled weapon, but that didn't mean that the intent behind it had to be. In fact, if the intent behind it was too shallow, then it also made the spear weak.

It was just like what his uncle had said about being a man. It was good if a man was willing to take on burdens and weigh down his shoulders. But, if he didn't have a good reason for doing so, if his resolve was weak and lacking, then his back would easily break.

Montez wanted Leonel's spear to be steady, swallowing up all its elegance and flare, and exploding it forth in a single strike.

"The calligraphy pen teaches the weight of words, but not just that. It teaches you how to embody the meaning and feel of those words into strokes. They're not just words, they are strikes of your spear."

Montez unfurled another sheet of paper.

"They can be FORCEFUL. They can be SUBTLE. They can be SWIFT. They can be GENTLE."

With every emphasized word, he wrote another, his strokes changing like the wind. Leonel's eyes glazed over, he could almost see the pen as a spear and the stance of his uncle, his style morphing on a whim and without the slightest pause.

The variations made what Leonel had learned from the primitive woman seem like a joke. He couldn't change like this, he lacked the proper sort of intent.

with. Until you can replicate the intent to my liking, I won't let you continue to do other things, at least not

to poetry?" Leonel

intent behind single words, how

"Words…?"

battle with Myghell. That cousin of his had the habit of speaking out single words before he attacked.

had originally thought that that was Myghell's Ability Index or something related to it, but then Myghell exposed his devour type Ability Index, so Leonel never got the answer he wanted. And, after that, so

Ah, I see. This Myghell is

suddenly wanted to learn a bit more

was self-created by your grandfather. I refined it somewhat after I matured and your father always ignored it, insisting on doing things

stopping himself from going on another rant

because it is created by our family line, doesn't mean that others might not have thought of similar methods. This Myghell

though, my little nephew, seem to

lip twitched. Was

was stupid, but his mentality wasn't right to think of such a method on his

how important Artistic Conception is to strength in this world, I should have guessed that there was such

painting or music. But, the difficulty in creating an Artistic

life and being. If Leonel wanted to give it

calligraphy pen, ready to start. But, his

your head against a wall trying to get this right. The only way for you to stay sane is

training you've ever done, the drain is far heavier than a monotonous task. It's even more important, then, that you know

you is the power of