'If I can absorb the spatial Qi directly... coat myself in it the same way I coated Bloodfang with it... maybe I can weaken the pull.'
It was the only idea he had. With no better option, he acted.
Drawing upon his newly deepened Comprehension of Space, Stan reached out to the surrounding spatial Qi. Instead of channeling it into his weapon, he pulled it toward his own body.
The ambient Qi flowed across his skin. He compressed it into a thin, dense layer that clung to every inch of his body like a second skin.
The coating resonated with the chamber's spatial fabric.
Rather than existing as a foreign object within space, his body became, in a localized sense, an extension of it.
Instantly, the pull weakened, not completely but dramatically. Understanding flashed through his mind.
