"And what kind of abilities come from that understanding?" I asked.
"Well," she said, "some of the basic skills that come from mastering static space include space cleaving, which is slicing through still space, spatial teleportation by locking coordinates, and space locking, preventing movement within a specific region. All of these rely on understanding and fixing space, not bending or flowing it."
I nodded, absorbing every word.
"So," I asked, "how do I actually proceed?"
Azalea gave me a small smile, stepping aside slightly to give me space.
"It's simple in theory," she said.
"Sit down. Focus. Merge your senses with the spatial ripples being generated by the core. Don't think too hard about it, just feel how space shifts around the ripples. Let it speak to you."
I looked toward the floating sphere of the core, its surface gently pulsing with rhythmic waves, like a heartbeat echoing through the air.
