Chapter 98: Tests
Percy had several goals for this particular clone.
Though exploring the cosmos was arguably the most important tool in his arsenal – and by a huge margin – he’d decided to take a short break from that, to test other potential uses for his ability.
Naturally, the first thing he wanted to know was whether he could create local clones on Remior. He could imagine several scenarios where that would be handy – whether it was because he found an interesting body worth possessing, or because he needed another assistant to aid him back home.
But there was more.
If his only goal had been to possess that Starry Worker, he wouldn’t have aimed his torso towards the sky. Instead, he could have launched his soul fragment directly at the creature – much like he’d done to the egg when creating his familiar. However, he hadn’t done that. That was because Percy wanted to check one more thing.
‘Can I return to Remior like this?’ he wondered, scanning the sea of souls surrounding him.
His reasoning was simple. He might not always have access to the body he wanted to take over. It would serve him well if he could learn to navigate in this state better, developing a way to accurately reach a more distant target.
‘I can’t tell up from down like this though…’
While outside a body, Percy had a very distorted sense of time and space. Two seemingly nearby souls might not even be located on the same world as one another. But he did have something he could use as a makeshift compass.