“His finger traced some lines on the paper. “A set pattern, with set Essence, designed in set, specific, and particular ways, for a set, specific effect. This is how everyone seems to try and quantify Essence. This is important, because they measure using their bodies. Their pools and maximums, their thresholds and limits.” The piece of paper was folded back up and stowed as the old man sighed. “I can’t grasp them. The absolutism of an Inscription. It’s… it's the complete opposite of how I think and function. I think with fluidity, like a thundercloud that sparks and comes to a solution through different means each time. I don’t use my body to measure, I use my Aura directly. Thus I am not limited to the normal ebbs and flows, the barriers one would normally consider.”
― Arsenal
― Arsenal
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