“What is wrong Makwa?” Miles looked at the pet who was jumping all over his bed excitedly. He was trying to get close to his head while squeaking to grab his attention in his sleep.
“Growl!”
“What the hell happened to this room? Has a tornado hit us?” Miles looked at his bedroom. All the items on the nightstand were thrown to the ground. His uniform that he prepared for the day was at the other end of the room. There were slashes on the wall. “Did you do it?”
“Growl, growl!”
“I did it?” Miles asked in bewilderment. “Buddy, this is clearly wind elemental at work.”
“Actually, it was you.” Coin at this time floated up from the desk and came to Miles's side.
“What do you mean?” Miles looked at his hands and felt the energy inside him.
“Let me show you.” Coin said and started to stream what had happened the other night. In the middle of the night, while Miles was sleeping, he started to thrash about in his sleep. He was obviously dreaming. All of a sudden, Miles concentrated his energy into his hand and it flew out like a strong wind. After that, from time to time, he would let his energy out in different shapes of wind attacks.
“I wanted to wake you, but later I thought it might be better for you to wake up on your own, so you would use more of the wind element.” Coin said after he turned the projection off.
“How can I use the wind element?” Miles asked dizzily. “It was just yesterday that Tutor Vester used this element, and I admit I was awed by the possibilities we discussed in the class, and I wanted to use some of the techniques. But I didn't have any contact with the wind element prior to Makwa. How can I have mastery over it?”
“I don’t know buddy.” Coin shrugged his imaginary shoulders as he floated on his arm to attach.
“Growl, growl!” Makwa at this moment growled excitedly.
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“You are saying I learned the ability thanks to you?” Miles tried to understand what his pet was saying. “Probably it's because I have you around me all the time.”
“Growl, growl! Growl?”
“What!” Miles cried out loud in shock.
“What happened?” Coin asked.
“Makwa says the bond we have allows me to suck his energy off all the time, so, over time, I was able to master this element.” Miles tried to translate as best as he could.
“Is this an ability of the Exaltedness of the Creator or something with pets?” Coin asked.
“Probably the art.” Miles thought and said, “Does that mean I can use all the elements my pets have?”
“Must be.” Coin said then asked, “But you had Culga even before. How come you had never used the darkness element?”
“It is probably because it is an element that is harder to control.” Miles gave his opinion. “This is gold! I strike it rich!”
“This sounds way too good.” Coin was doubtful.
“You are overthinking it. If it wasn’t for the pure energy I had, it would all be useless.” Miles explained. “If any other person had the Exaltedness of the Creator, not that they could practice it, they would still fail to change the element despite having a connection to them.”
“You are right.” Coin’s virtual body nodded wisely. “So, what elemental beast you gonna get next time?”
“I really have never thought of this. Both Culga and Makwa were around at the right time. I didn’t pick them for any reason. So, I would probably do the same in the future and follow the flow.” Miles shook his head. He didn’t want to base his relationship on profit.
“That is nice.” Coin said.
“Let’s try this baby!” Miles jumped out of the bed and ran to the practice room. He willed his energy to change, and in the next second, the invisible energy turned into whitish-cyan color. It was restless yet soft. Deadly yet soothing.
“I don’t have Makwa’s Green Wind.” Miles sighed in disappointment.
“Growl, growl!”
“Oh, it's gonna take some time for me to acquire it. Nice.” Miles pumped his fist and attacked with a regular wind slash. It flew across the room and clashed with the wall at the other end. The slash was amplified by the wind element and was even stronger.
“Wait! Miles cried out all of a sudden.
“When Alex and I were first spying on mama bear, I had the energy vision active and saw the pathway she formed to manifest the attack. At the time, I thought nothing of it, as I didn’t have the wind element, but—”
“—but what if I can use it?”
Miles gathered the energy and led it according to the path he remembered. The power of the wind accumulated inside of him. It went from the right side of his chest to his hand. Miles bent the wrist as if his hand was a claw and when he slashed it…
“BOOM!”
Five wind blades crashed at the opposing wall and created a depression on it. Miles, who spent all of his energy, fell to the ground. He was sweating profusely.
“I did it!” Miles smiled as he looked at the scene. "I fucking did it! I can use other people's techniques!"