Chapter 55: *Entailments - Part 2*
Kordia's tail wagged back and forth as she led them through what had to happen. "Alright, first we need to establish resonance. I need both of you to circulate your mana, but loosely, so we can share and I can take the lead."
"I have no idea what you meant by that," Kir said. He'd never shared mana before. No wait... he had. Stella.
"Me neither," Rain said.
Kordia rolled her eyes a little. "I taught you about it last year!" she said to Rain, squeezing her hand into his like she was trying to make him feel pain, only it didn't work. "Just cycle your mana and concentrate some in your hands. Then wait for me to do the same. Kir too... though I guess it might be safer if you sit this one out," Kordia said.
"I think I got it," Kir smiled. "This is important to you, and I want to help."
A happy sound came from Kordia as she looked at him with appreciation. "Okay okay! Just remember to relax."
After a few moments, Kir did as he was told, circulating his mana and focusing just a bit into his hands as he felt for Kordia and Rainier's mana.
He felt Kordia first, her mana brought with it a slight bit of pain as she pushed some into him, his body instinctively trying to reject it for a moment before he focused on relaxing. It was a different, more continuous experience than what he'd shared with Stella, and it wasn't long until he felt Rainier's mana rise too.
Rainier's mana was much firmer than Kordia's, if 'firm' was a term that could be applied to it. It brought with it more of a bodily sense. He felt Rain's heartbeat, only after a moment Kir realized that it wasn't just Rain. Both he and Kordia were synchronizing, their hearts matching as he tried to link with Rain's mana the same way Kordia had linked with his.
"Wow you have a lot of mana," Rain said as soon as the link was forged.
"It's not how much you have, it's how you use it," Kordia huffed a little.