[You didn't fail necessarily, that truly is the way to do it.]
Kyone's voice was calm, she seemed excited now.
He nodded to himself, eyes narrowing as the weight of those words settled in.
He had thought the technique through from beginning to end.
Kyone had told him to figure out a way and he had, by creating one huge slash and letting it split into five, they would retain the same energy and everything.
It wasn't as complicated as it sounded.
At least, not to him.
Aura control like this was taught to him by Steven, it was hell to learn but he could finally find a use to it.
And yet after all that, something had gone wrong.
'So how did I get it wrong?'
[The sharpness,] Kyone's reminded him, like a teacher correcting a stubborn student. [I told you, a dragon's claws must be sharp. You should be able to cut through a lot of things—especially humans and monsters easily. While everything else was good, you have to work on the sharpness.]
