Chương 72: Manifest
Rowdy laughter makes Lucy lookup to see Grandmama laughing so hard her veil was dancing. "Oh, dear, my apologies," Grandmama snaps her fingers, and the sunlight fades, easing Lucy's eyes. A shadow hangs in the air, seeming as if she might touch it, though it was transparent and high above.
Wow, Grandmama doesn't need sunglasses. This is almost as good as Rosemary's build-in air conditioning.
Grandmama sinks onto a bench, a loaf of bread appearing in her hand. "Are you hungry?" She asks. Lucy nods, starkly aware of the emptiness in her stomach. Lucy pauses. How odd, I'm not dizzy. Is it because they fed me while I was in the Dark?
No, that shouldn't be. I always get dizzy without regard for what I ate before.
Slowly, Lucy took the bread and sat on the grass. "You must be puzzled as to where you went," Grandmama says. "You synced with the Dark and were embraced within it," Grandmama explains. She pauses. "I wonder is it your tender age that allowed you to comprehended it so simply"
Lucy wipes her mouth with her sleeve, done eating her bread. "Why did my head hurt and the Darkness threw me out of the Dark Void when the edges turned Grey?" Lucy asks. Grandmama gives her a droll look. "Magic won't give you it's secrets so easily. Nor can you process it all at once. Not unless you want your body to explode" Grandmama says.
"For now, give me the Dark Quartz," Grandmama says Lucy freezes, clutching the quartz tightly. "Don't fuss. I shall return it. The Dark Quartz is yours." Grandmama says.
Lucy hands it over slowly. "Why can't I keep it?" Lucy asks. "It will interfere. Now we're going to play a game." Grandmama spread her fingers, a Dark orb appearing. "The game is to make a ball of Dark Aura." So easy! But this isn't exactly a game, it's a training exercise. Lucy gives Grandmama a look. Grandmama misinterpreted. "Don't worry, since you know part of the heart of Dark, you can do this as well"
It's just pulling Aura from my Inner Sky. No, from my magic pool.
MAGIC POOL. Keep it straight. Lucy rolls her eyes. I swear I'm going to scream with all these changed terms. Why can't this world have the exact phrases as Aunt Thea taught me? Is that too much to ask!
Focus, Lucy. Make a Dark orb. This is going to be so easy, I made hundreds of these just last night. Lucy closes her eyes, turning her mind to her magic pool, touching the Dark Aura. It was sluggish and felt heavier than the Dark Aura in the Dark Void. When Lucy tugs it snaps back, stubbornly remaining still.
Lucy wrinkles her brow. "It's heavy. Why is it different?" Lucy asks without opening her eyes. "You were within Darkness herself, so there was no resistance. Be thankful that this corner of the Cosmos Maze is suitable for you," Grandmama explains. "It will assist if you say the Sia while coaxing your Aura," Grandmama says.
OoooKay? "Sia" Lucy breaths, tugging at the Dark Aura.
This time, the Dark Aura she pulled slid out without a hint of resistance. All her dark Aura in her magic pool and mental sea rushes out, pouring out of her skin Even the Dark Magic within her Center Palace writhed in place, giving Lucy a headache. It felt giddy, eager to escape.
It jumped around, obscuring Lucy's vision. Dark Aura coiled, forming a huge bubble. Within streams and blobs of Darkness dashed about. For not for Grandmama, and the grass beneath her, Lucy might assume she was in the Dark Void.
"Well, that certainly explains why your magic was fussing so much. With this amount of magic, I'm quite surprised you made it this long without more accidents" Grandmama says. "Now recall it, and we can try again"
Lucy looks blankly at Grandmama. You want to call this back? Do you even feel how hyper it is! I might as well try calling a kitten to hand over her catnip.
"You've already refined it. It's yours, no one else can use it. Sense it, and tug it back" Grandmama says. Lucy blinks. Like absorbing? That will take forever!
Lucy stares at the Dark Aura playing, and sighs. Not like I many choices.
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