The skin broke easily, releasing juice that tasted sweet.
His teeth tore through the flesh, swallowing chunks, barely chewing, just consuming as fast as possible.
Heat spread from his stomach, intense like fire running through his veins, through his bones and through the very core of what made him an awakener.
His talent was being rewritten, cell by cell and gene by gene.
The limitations that had defined his potential were dissolving, being replaced by something greater.
Damian's eyes closed as the transformation took hold.
His body processed the fruit for some time, each second feeling like hours, the heat building and building until it felt like he'd burn from the inside out.
Then it stopped and the heat faded.
Damian's eyes opened.
And they seemed brighter somehow, more alive, the crimson more vivid.
"Status."
The screen materialized in front of him.
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Name: Damian Valcor
Age: 16
Rank: B
Talent: S → SS
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Damian stared at the talent line.
