Today, Aaron learned something important.
Theory knowledge meant absolutely nothing compared to actually doing the thing.
The way Bella had explained the aether concept, with all her careful wording and layered details, he had braced himself for something on par with rocket science. He had mentally prepared to drag every last functioning brain cell into service for what was coming. Complex spiritual energy with its own separate pathways, resonance techniques, instructions carried through invisible channels — it had sounded like the kind of thing that would take weeks to even begin understanding.
But when it came down to it?
All he needed was a decent imagination and some basic control over his mana.
That was it.
