77 Dark Forest Preparations (5)

"Lighted One, when you said early, I didn't think that this was what you meant," Pagan said with half-closed eyes. The sun had barely even risen, and Lucius was already doing his daily morning routine.

"Finally awake, huh? Took you long enough, I must've woken you up seven times," Lucius grunted as he tried his best to walk bi-pedaly. He could now walk several steps, even with his tail disrupting him.

"Call out your crux," he ordered, dropping to his regular quadrupedal stance.

"Okay," Pagan yawned, calling out his crux with familiar ease.

"Now, take a few steps back," Lucius ordered after, taking a few steps back as he said this. Pagan obliged and moved several steps back as well, till there were about two meters away from each other.

"I want you to use your pulse to inspect me from there, I'll try to do the same," Lucius called out, before sending out a pulse.