Chapter 214: Infinite Loop
A barely perceptible vibration near my prefrontal cortex.
I didn’t lunge. Didn’t startle it.
With glacial patience, I coaxed it forward, using aura to create a "path" of clarity. The locus hesitated... then flowed along the channel I’d made, settling at last into a defined nexus point.
Done.
A full half-hour had passed, but all three loci now stood anchored, Body at the solar plexus, Energy at the heart, Mind cradled behind the forehead.
On to Step 2: [Isolation].
It wasn’t that difficult either, as this wasn’t my first time separating awareness like this. Virion called it "split-awareness" training.
One by one, I pulled back my perception.
First, from the Energy Locus, letting its vibrant pulse fade into a background hum, while sharpening my focus entirely on the Body Locus at my solar plexus.
I felt the subtle way my aura pooled in muscle and bone, the precise path of breath passing through my lungs, and how each heartbeat rippled outward like soft echoes. I sank into this pure physical awareness for a moment.
Then I released that focus.