Chapter 699: A Fraction Ahead
The lightning returned cleanly, and Seraphine almost relaxed too soon.
As the Core Embryo compressed further, the interval narrowed again. She caught the change, eased the light forward, and waited through another complete circulation before touching the lightning's return.
Light was the easier flow for her to regulate finely. She used it to establish the interval, then brought the lightning into place behind it. Nothing had to be forced through the junction alongside anything else.
The next cycle passed without hesitation.
She repeated it, feeling for the unevenness that had spoiled her early trials. On the following cycle, she imagined the turn of her wrist through the Eighth Form.
Both responses came when she wanted them.
