Chapter 295: Mana Intent

Rlyis, sensing Lassim's enthusiasm, gave a warm smile as they settled back into the workshop after walking back over from the warehouse.

"Since your stay is now officially extended, we'll need to accelerate your training," she said, pulling a set of new, thicker sheets from her desk drawer. 

Each bore more intricate designs than any Lassim had worked on for the clock construct before. She slid them across the desk toward him. "These are sheets #5 and #6. By the time the mass production and shipments are completed, I'd like you to have a basic proficiency on both."

Lassim took a moment to study the arrays on the sheets, tracing the dense web of symbols and lines with his eyes. The patterns seemed to twist and coil into new configurations and there were more symbols that he didn't recognize yet, each line interweaving with another, forming complicated shapes he could barely begin to grasp.