Dimensional Descent

Leonel woke up with Aina on his chest.

After finishing his training, he didn't hurry to do things with the Tentacle Womb or other faction building things because after a while, he suddenly felt the need to just spend time with Aina.

When his Spear Force perfected its fusion with the final stage of his grandfather's path of the spear, Leonel mind entered an odd state of relaxation where he suddenly understood that understanding himself was even more important than understanding individual Forces.

Anastasia's words, when taken to the logical extreme, precisely meant these things.

Ultimately, just like with his Spear Force, the "life" of his Forces didn't come from them, but rather himself. While they all had their own preferences and leanings, they were ultimately in his control.

Running was always designed to be faster than running. By the same token, throwing was always designed to move things from your hand into a further distance. The same assignments could be made for walking, swimming, talking…

Any one of these activities were things everyone and almost everything did naturally. They all also had the same exact purposes, regardless of who was executing them. However, did any two individuals do them the exact same way?

Leonel had come to understand that he should treat Force in this way as well.

When he used Force, he actively did something that was the equivalent of running, or walking, or swimming, or even talking. However, he had always treated it as an external thing, not putting enough time and attention into them, much the same way that anyone could run, walk, swim or talk, but not everyone could do these things as effectively as another.

the root to reaching prominence in

to walking, you learned through trial and error as a child. When it came to running, you

in life, but Leonel could remember those memories clearly. He could remember every failed attempt and reattempt. He could remember how he had to learn to shift his balance to adjust to his own body,

would have to learn about himself as he learned about

to that conclusion, Leonel chose

and brought her to leisurely stroll around the Segmented Cube. Aina was confused at first and didn't quite understand what the point of this was, but she realized it was rare for her to spend this kind of leisurely time with Leonel, at least not without

going on and why Leonel did this and simply smiled, enjoying her time with

Aina had always been one of fiery passion and emotion. They danced between life and death, and even when they weren't, they were completely immersed in their

was nothing to see in the Segmented Cube aside from the beautiful ambience of nature, and yet it was so

days that quickly turned into over a week. And when they ran out of things to talk about, they simply felt silent. They didn't feel the need to fill the

was hard to fathom but since that last day of

after battle, war after war, death threat

soon, they would likely have to return to such a

Aina's waist and pinched her ass, causing her

and adjusted herself on his

laughed to himself. Alright, one more

step yet, he had definitely made