Fates Intertwined

Looking down at his holoscreen, Ryker still hesitated slightly as the entry for the Cosmic Unity Scripture filled his vision. Long Meiling seemed to sense his reluctance, though, giving him a reassuring smile.

'Don't worry about it too much. You should know I'll be able to cultivate the technique a lot faster than you, right?' she said, 'And besides, if worst comes to worst, you can always just give me the technique to cultivate on my own.'

'But I don't even know where the system got it from. What happens if I never find it?'

The techniques he got from the system were all special in that they disappeared as soon as the knowledge was transferred to him. He didn't know if this was just the nature of the techniques or some mechanism of the system to prevent him from spreading them haphazardly.

'Then I'll just have to finish the job quickly,' Long Meiling said with a shrug.