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[potentialman]

Combat's the least of what you can do with birds, so that makes sense.

[ Even as much as Megumi calls on Nue to fight, there are so many other things a flying shikigami is great for. ]

[sacral]

[ Correct! A warm sort of resonance flows naturally through the tether, much stronger than anything previously conveyed over the Murmur's ambience. ]

In a city like Tokyo, they were better employed for communication or reconnaissance. I can create likenesses with sigils and paper, but I wouldn't call it my true shikigami.

[ It lacks the bond of spirit. But they are still comforting to have around. ]

[potentialman]

Yeah, it's...not the same. But it's better than nothing.

[ There has hardly been a day since he was six that Megumi hasn't summoned at least one of his shikigami. Even before he was allowed within a hundred meters of a fight...well, you take a lonely boy who prefers the company of animals to people and give him a CALL DOG button, and it's obvious what's going to happen.

This is the most and the longest he's ever gone without them and it sucks. ]

[sacral]

[ Felt. More than Megumi could possibly know. Or perhaps it's better to say... Megumi might be able to sense it by familiarity alone, peripherally. Faintly. ]

I'll keep you updated on any other progression. I have yet to see this magic's true scale.

[ As do they all, he's sure.

But there's something to be said for the comfortable distraction of it. ]

[potentialman]

Thanks. I'd be interested to know what the limitations are, given that it's so much more flexible than what some of us got.

[ The writing is the trade-off, he supposes? A bit harder to do something off the cuff in the heat of battle if you need to write it down first. ]