The chamber door slid open with a pneumatic hiss. Luka burst in, his massive frame nearly filling the doorway.
"Son! That was absolutely incredible!" He closed the distance between us in two giant strides. "I've never seen a fire Aspect do anything like that! Thermal Incision? You've been holding out on me!"
Before I could respond, he wrapped me in a bear hug that threatened to crack my newly developed ribs. The air rushed from my lungs as he lifted me clean off the ground.
"Can't... breathe..." I wheezed.
"Oh! Sorry!" Luka set me down, patting my shoulders with hands the size of dinner plates. "I'm just so damn proud of you! My son, a C-Rank with A-Rank potential!"
I rubbed my ribs, forcing a smile. "Thanks... Dad."
