Chapter 16

 So when someone becomes a Universal citizen their family is also allowed to cultivate. It is a form of personal strength so most people don't give up on it. When the prerequisites are met the people go through a process called awakening. 

 The awakening in brief is to put the body of the subject in a highly Ether-rich environment, this causes them to have a stronger and solidified soul and also acquire a stronger affinity to Ether that helps in controlling the elusive form of energy.

 This is achieved by placing the subject on a capsule pod and ramping it with the distilled source of Ether, taken from materials that radiate Ether outwards. It can also be used to further enhance the body and Ether affinity, but to undergo this procedure is a drain on the finances of even Universal Citizens, so using it to train is only used by the extravagantly rich people. 

 Jeve is one such individual who has awakened by the use of external help. He also said that there are people who naturally awaken due to having high Ether affinity from birth, and when they awaken they are immediately awarded Universal citizenship because naturally awakening is seen as an accomplishment of sorts and they also have higher potential too. 

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 It was a break day today, and Lea took a walk around her neighbourhood to keep her horny self from wasting the whole day masturbating in her room. She wanted to do something different like interact with people. Since becoming a stunning female, she naturally started developing confidence in her body that was reflected in her psyche as well, so she was not so scared, of socialising with people anymore. 

 She was taking a walk in particular without any specific place in mind, avoiding many hands that came to grab her juicy body and declining many dubious invitations during her walk. She kinda loved the attention, she gets nowadays, at first she couldn't get over the disgusting gazes on her body, but after thinking about it from a different perspective she felt good about it. She compared herself to a hot man attracting female attention, but in her case, it was just the opposite somehow the stupid comparison made her feel okay with her new sexuality. 

 She had many things going through her head while walking, it was good that the ceiling on the floor did not show metal walls, instead, a sunny sky with a warm sun and pure white clouds roving were shown, the thing above was a camouflage of sorts but the illusion of living under a sky was what made people more comfortable than living boxed inside within the walls. 

 She walked by taking in the many sights in the place, even though it was called slums, there was nothing of sorts that indicated the dirty slums people thought to when the word slum came up, the pathways and buildings were all clean, with people well dressed, at least according to earth standards, but small fights and arguments were breaking out from time to time causing a lively atmosphere. 

 A ball bounced in front of her and she reflexively caught it. She had walked into the park area, to relax for a bit. She held the ball in her hand and looked around for someone and saw a teenager, a human looking male coming towards her his hands outstretched. She got the clue and tossed the ball back to him. 

 The kid turned back to a basketball court and started doing some hoops. Suddenly seeing him run away like that, she knew that it might be due to suddenly seeing a beauty like her, and seeing him play basketball all by himself brought back previous memories during her days on earth. Back then she too was a loner and sometimes to get a change of routine she used to get out of her room and dribble a basketball or do some hoops in the backyard. 

 She gained a new appreciation for the boy and somehow loners still existed even when people have high tech and living standards. She got close to him, and started a conversation. 

"Hey, my name is Leandria, you didn't thank me earlier for passing you the ball. " 

 The boy stood still, his back to her stopping his movements with the ball. He turned his head a bit to the side so that he could see who was talking to him. His eyes went to her boobs and immediately pulled away and gave a small ' thanks', and started playing again. 

 Lea did not miss how his eyes went to her boobs, and she was starting to feel pride in herself for attracting the attention of the opposite gender to her, it slowly started to become a matter of pride of hers. She saw his reaction and a smirk adorned her face. 

 " so are you alone, and no one is playing with you " she put in more words to break the barrier between them. 

 "Yeah, kind of " the teenager did not take his eyes off the ball, still dribbling it with his hand. 

"So hey, how about this, I am free, now and I kinda know how to play basketball a bit, so how about we play, a one-on-one" Lea tried asking him. 

 He stopped and looked at her, gears turning in his head, he had a frown on his forehead from thinking hard, causing her to giggle a bit. Hearing her giggle, his face released a slight blush. 

 "Hey, don't think too hard on this, besides playing alone gets boring after a time and it will be fun" hearing her say that, the boy nodded coyly. 

 She stretched her hands as if asking for the ball, and the kid threw the ball at her, Lea swiftly caught the ball and dribbled past him and did an under hand throw at the board and the ball hit it and went into the hoop. 

 She took the ball and slowly dribbled in her hands alternating each time and looked at him, " So, are we playing or what "