It has been a month since the cliffside incident, and Kama has made a full recovery. This miraculous feat was attained by no small means. Kama, had nearly torn his body to pieces, and Toa was in no way going to let this boy’s body go to ruins. Through the art of Spirit Finding, Toa had gathered all of the plants that revealed a healing class soul. After countless hours of gathering and mixing medicinal herbs and applying them to Kama, the results showed were astounding. Because Kama had already haphazardly gone into the third stage of soul finding, he quickly absorbed the soul power contained in the medicines. This technique of infused soul medicine not only sped up the recuperation of Kama’s body, but it also seemed to strengthen it too.
When Kama finally regained mobility his body structure had gone through a drastic change. He had grown quite a bit, his muscles although still prepubescent showed definition, and his height and body mass grew as well. Two weeks ago Kama could be said to look like an average 6-7 year old 3’ 2” in height and rather skinny. But now, after breaking his body and then reforming it with soul energy he grew about 6” taller and looked to be about 7-8 years old.
This transformation was a little hard for Kama to get used to. This was displayed as he awkwardly walked out of the thatched hut he stayed in for the last few weeks. Stumbling forward he tried his best to orient his new body. As Kama was getting used to walking again after being bedridden for so long he noticed Toa. Without hesitation Kama asked “Toa, what happened to me? Why do i feel stronger like my body has gone through some crazy growth?” Thinking that Toa would have the answer to everything, when Toa had replied “I don’t know, It’s baffling to me too…” Kama’s confusion intensified.
When Toa looked at Kama he knew the boy was troubled at his new found body. “Boy, I honestly don’t know how you managed to grow this fast in the last few weeks. In fact I was resigned to staying here for a few months to help heal your body. But this… this is unheard of, I have lived for countless years and i have yet to see anyone such as yourself. You had broken your body to pieces, and what should’ve taken months to recover you did it in just one.” Toa’s words left a chill down Kama’s spine. ‘How is this possible, I was at the brink of death and now i feel like a new person… stronger… faster… how?” Kama said to himself.
Toa overhearing Kama’s muttering came up with an explanation “It was the souls, Boy” Kama looked at Toa with curiosity. “To most people remedies and healing herbs mixed with enhanced souls although work well, they lack the ability to use these souls to their peak. The souls that are mixed into the remedies enhance the remedies themselves but not the patient. But as i was applying the soul enhanced herbs onto your body a curious thing happened… The souls disappeared from the herbs but not dispersing back into the world… no, they seemed to resonate with your body and willingly be consumed by your soul.” Kama’s thought’s were circulating like crazy.
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“Toa, will i be okay? I don’t feel anything wrong but I’ve never heard of this” Kama was indeed a clever child, but his knowledge can only go so far. Toa too was at a loss for this situation. At most, a Soul Finder can only hold so much soul energy in their body. If the body of a soul finder does not have a body at peak condition and consumes too much soul energy, they would suffer enormous backlash. The backlash of over consumption of soul energy could be crippling, if not fatal. That is why Soul Finders very rarely consume outside energy, but instead cultivate internal energy, and in certain cases, only borrow energy.
“Kama do not worry, although the situation in unheard of i have seen no complications so far. It seems your limitations are boundless, and with some training your body can grow stronger not only from physical practice, but from what I’ve seen, also soul consumption” Toa’s words although still somewhat confusing seemed to put Kama’s mind at ease. “Thank you Toa… i mean for everything” Toa gave a slight smirk to Kama’s words “Don’t thank me just yet, now that your body seems to be o.k. your training will start soon. That means no more horsing around, we leave this tiny Island tomorrow to go to ‘Loa’ ” Toa’s words left Kama with wide eyes and an open mouth.
“Loa” was the innermost island of the U shaped cluster of islands called “Moku”. “Loa” was not only the innermost island but i was the largest island in the cluster too. Spanning over 2,000 square kilometers it dwarfed a lot of the other Islands not only in size but in power. “Loa” boasted some of the strongest tribes in all of the islands and this was mainly due to the fertile lands they lived on. This island held so much wealth in natural resources that wars were fought endlessly for centuries until only recently. Internal conflicts within the island over hunting and water rights, and even conflicts between other lands wanting a piece of the island for themselves. It was through all of this that the tribes inhabiting Loa became ruthless and strong. The methods of training they made to strengthen the warriors of Loa were evident in the peace that they have held for the last century.
One could say that it was out of sheer necessity that the tribes of Loa adopted warrior training. And one could also say, only true warriors were allowed to live on Loa. It is for this very reason that Toa is going to take Kama to Loa. Not to train him to be a warrior, but to train him to be stronger than those warriors.