Nero Awakening
l like any moment I could lift off t
cles are swirling through the air around me. It circles me, racing around m
ough this is the first time I've known someone was witnessing me wield Ner
the side of the island, and I feel it stretching beyond my gr
s, watching
my chest harder. My arms feel
't lose m
swirling Neron
harder. I push my Neron into the water. I r
at first. An
step f
Neron as
to let a drop
t sand. But no
s the water in
ay from me. I want to give a big
forehead. My hands are shaking.
way from me. I'm trembling f
t release
ink. Mov
l the water within ten feet of me explodes, rocketing up
lose m
er blown back at me by the wind and the ocean r
there,
id
d the
to. But more than
this. I
d Neron to
finding Zara watching me from
catching up," she says with a delighted gleam in he
igger than
ubbles we're making with a d
we've pulled from the ocean. Gently, they drift up into the
indeed bigger
t to her, looking up at her bubbles, which she holds onto for a while longer. "Just imagine how embarr
d her bubbles pop, the brilliant blue particles disappearing back into
appreciatively. "You're an excellent Nero, Kily. D
ell she's fighting to keep th
s old, and I've certainly surpassed her abilities in the four weeks I've been
e class. "I wouldn't want you to be embarrassed." She says it in a mischievo
th a laugh, trying not
otally her own person already,