As her teammates battled in the woods a hundred miles away, Keshawna's training continued. She too felt Miguel's killing intent there in the mansion, as it was potent enough to come through the laboratory viewing screens. Ms. Lady Salem's A.I. clone felt it too. “What was that? You aren’t currently in danger are you?” Keshawna responded, “I think it might have come from the lab.” The A.I. spoke: “Oh, I didn’t even realize where you were. This is a room at Ameer's place, yes?”

Keshawna: “Yeah.” Ms. A.I: “Ahh. Well there's nothing to worry about. I thought I would have to step out of this disc for a second. Anyway, let us continue your training now that you have become aware of your Conceptual Energy. As a Soul-Borg, you have relatively more Conceptual Energy to spare. Had the test shown you to be some other form of magical being, you would have a different training pathway, especially if you were a mere human starting out. The longest it has taken any Soul-Borg to get through this disc and master the basics was two months. The fastest was 6 days. Of course, this is just the basics. Though they are called Soul-Borg arts, this guide can bolster the combat and magical skill of any who wield that power in any form. Now let's continue Chapter One. Hold out your finger, as you did earlier, and push out that extra mass you feel continuously, to the best of your ability. You need to get a true feel for conceptual energy, as you will eventually have to do this with your entire body."

"Now let us continue from before that disgusting killing intent rudely interrupted. Your powers are called Conceptual Energy. This is simply a scientific name for something we all have, though most are not aware of. And that is your spiritual energy, which is concentrated in your soul! Every culture has had a name for spiritual energy, so Conceptual Energy is a name to cover them all. The thing about it is, just like every culture is unique, every cultures form of Conceptual Energy is unique. Chi and As’e are both conceptual energy, and can interact. A flying Ba could get tangled in someone's dream catcher. You get the idea right? In fact, Ameer and I argued about whether to call it Conceptual Energy or Idea Energy at first.” Keshawna spoke: “I actually prefer that name.” The magic A.I. responded: "Well you can call it that if you like."

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Keshawna continued: “I was wondering by the way. An angel looked at me through the screen earlier.” The A.I. spirit copy responded: "Ahh. I see that's why I was extremely uncomfortable when this first came on. Well no worries. They aren’t here anymore. And, yes. They are spirit beings as well, and thus made up of Conceptual Energy. Now, what exactly is Conceptual Energy? Well simply put, it’s all in the name, or rather “what” something is on a fundamental conceptual level. I will explain more in Chapter 2 and 3, but the basic rules of Conceptual Energy are:

1) It can become anything spiritual, metaphorical, or physical

and

2) The 'further' a power is away from your soul, the more power you need to 'touch' it."

Keshawna spoke: “That doesn’t seem to hard.” She had been maintaining Flare releasing from her index finger this whole time.

The magical hologram responded, “Oh there are rules within those rules. In fact, those rules actually factor into Chapter 4. The most basic of the Property Shifts is Property Enhancement. Simply put, when things come into contact with pure, non weaponized conceptual energy, they become “more like themselves.” “What do you mean?” “Hot things become hotter, cold things become colder. Rigid things become more rigid, soft things become softer.” A light bulb went off in the girls head: “Oh I get it!” Ms. A.I. “Yep. And now that you have a Soul-Borgs body, your Conceptual Energy is steadily increasing. You can your training now, but you will always have a weapon with you. Yourself and anything you can 'touch'.”