They tried everything. Letting the cores touch. Separating them by different distances. Rearranging them in various ways. Moon even attempted to channel mana into all of them at once, but the result never changed. The cores absorbed his essence, and nothing else happened.
Finally, Moon sat back with a frustrated sigh. "This isn't going to work. There's a missing link, something we don't know yet."
Selene nodded reluctantly, her own expression reflecting his disappointment. She placed her right hand on her slender jaw, her posture thoughtful as she considered alternative explanations.
"Maybe there's an artifact we need?" she mused aloud. "Something that acts as a vessel or catalyst for combining the cores? Like a specific container?"
