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“Yeah,” He replied, frowning slightly as he looked down at the storming edge of his sword. “I think I’ve got something, but at the same time…I don’t know. Watch.”

Adam took a careful breath and the sword began to glow. It was dim at first, a slight tint to the steel, but it grew with each passing moment until the blade itself was concealed by the searing light. I watched the process carefully, opening Ajna as I did so to better see the process.

“Usually, I gather power while my sword’s sheathed,” Adam recited. “Then I release it with a single attack.”

“Mm,” I replied. “But now you’re trying to keep it contained even after you attack. Not as large an area of effect, not as much range, but that’s a good thing in its own way, because the power is focused and it lasts longer. Since its charge time is your Semblance’s greatest weakness, being able to prepare it once and last the rest of the battle would be pretty useful. Even more so if you can prepare it while fighting.”

“Right,” Adam agreed, shrugging a shoulder. “But it’s a bitch to do.”

I smiled slightly at that.

“Of course it is,” I answered. “Instead of quickly releasing the energy you gathered, you’re trying to hold it all in place. It’s only natural that it’s hard to do.”

Adam grunted and then flicked his wrist, quickly unleashed an edge of brutal power that shredded several houses.

“I can only hold it for a second or two at full charge,” He said, rolling his wrist. “More if I use less energy, but as is, it’s nothing like what I used against that thing. I’m not even sure if it’s worth using as it is now, given how hard it is to do in the first place. I might have been able to hit that thing while it’s down, but if I try using this in a real fight…”