Purgatory 2.0

"This thing you wanted to show me earlier is..."

Jake's lips parted to voice his question, but Xi silenced him with a hushed tone. "Don't say it! I still need to verify that it's actually possible," she cautioned.

Having connected the dots between his newfound abilities – Life Manipulation, Cosmic Manipulation, Familiars, and Artefact Incarnation – Jake realized what Xi intended to do. It was emotionally overwhelming for him, but paradoxically, he was also quite confident in the feasibility of her plan.

Xi wanted to create a body that would belong to her, and even though it would be generated from Jake's cells, he could easily recombine his own DNA and shape-shift with relative ease. This meant that his Familiars' bodies didn't have to resemble him; they could choose an appearance and body that suited them.