After Skylark returned with Kim and Panz in tow, the group got back together one last time at the camp. Hugs were given, and food was feasted upon; it was a celebration, through and through, though some staples were missing.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJx6tmHRLW
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Victoria and Flinty were chatting. She tried to make conversation with Kenny earlier, but Kenny had politely asked her to let him rest. Ng was making small talk with Skylark, Panz was knocked out cold and tied up, and Kim was still unconscious. And Kenny was alone in the midst of it all. But Kenny had no qualms with it. Kenny was staring at the trees, deep in thought. He was reviewing the whole situation. The people he met, the things that were said, the events that transpired. It wasn't all pleasant, of course. In fact, hardly any of it was, but Kenny viscerally understood that what happened last night was only going to benefit him. Kenny stared at Kim's body, happy that it was temporarily comatose. It could've been much worse. He said his thanks to the higher beings and counted his blessings for Skylark's arrival.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolB8yXx1TE
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Now that the situation has been handled, Kenny stood up and excused himself under the guise of using the restroom. Nobody thought anything of it, of course. Kenny already began forming an extensive explanation for his lie. He walked a good distance away from the camp, found a relatively open spot, and sat down.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6Bx6Ni2hs
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"Now then, mana beasts."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsv0sriu4d
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Kenny harkened back to his post-toddler years. It had been a long time since he's done something like this, sneaking away to mess with the world around him. It was strangely nostalgic.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM67nYzKK82
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Kenny shook his head. He didn't have infinite time, so it would be best if he hurried quickly.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL1GmGDDV8
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Kenny began performing mana expulsion with Intent to match the unique mana. He was immediately successful in creating something, but the product only horrified him.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOTORtAxBt
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It was a bundle of flesh. It was dark gray and was barely larger than the nail on his pinky. He touched it and squeezed it, accidentally destroying it in the process.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyOpWaq6h1
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"...Maybe I need to put out a little more."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0rtlwcwu8
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And he did just that. He was expecting to create something with some sentience, but instead, he just made an even larger blob of flesh. At the very least, it was in the shape of something he recognized– that being a flower, of course.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhab47vpv7y
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Though it was admittedly a stretch to say that. It was another failure, but he was used to such trial and error. He dispelled the blob of flesh much like he did with his earth spells. However, when he did, he felt something crawl into his body. Naturally, he immediately tried to pry it away, and the flesh plant reappeared before him.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsR31StYau
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Kenny gazed at the blob intently. He started having second thoughts about this, but truly, he has done worse with his own body, so he decided to smush the blob and try again.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEMdmLzIQD
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Kenny quickly lost himself in the process of creation. He felt a little sick on the inside doing it. It's not like with plants, where all he did was expedite either the growth or the death of them. This was akin to playing God, he realized.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeB3qrjofda
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"..."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKvijLPO6x
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He couldn't say it didn't feel gratifying.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjTPd6LHh6
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"I need to study this stuff more. Hmm..."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy54IZIRVQ7
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Kenny's first idea was to transport some of the unique mana here back to his home. Of course, he could only utilize said mana once per container, but he'd rather do that than walk back and forth to this forest. Unfortunately for him, he had no item on hand that could properly store the mana. He made a mental note to purchase one later.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4dVenkYh4
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But, before he got up and left, he figured he might as well try one more thing. Kenny knew that his approach had to change, lest he fall into a pit of insanity, so this time, Kenny did something he ordinarily would deem useless: he thought of what he was going to create when he expelled his mana. He wanted to make an animal, and preferably, something that didn't make him revolt upon glancing at it.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4GNy9YiOo
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So of course, he created a small, cute puppy.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjD0mfyjoG5
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"H-Huh?"148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvsRYlfeug
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It wasn't so simple, though. It wasn't just an adorable puppy; it was an adorable puppy with the face of Dragon-Maw, and the horns of a bison.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlUAOeBC6P
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Kenny was deeply disturbed. He didn't even imagine the horns, and yet it appeared anyway.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhtDgA9BhK
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"...Intent is too honest."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lnBiyh1V8
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Kenny readied to slay the dog. It didn't seem any more sentient than the bundles of flesh he'd been creating, after all. But when he created a boulder with magic, he gazed at the puppy's face. And then he heard the thing sniff. It walked up to him and sat obediently as if it was waiting to be told what to do.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6qk4bjQXz
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Kenny was deeply, deeply disturbed.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQvjsOi25P
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"Don't look at me like that," he said. The creature tilted his head, as he obviously had no eyes and couldn't follow his command. Kenny sighed and dispelled his boulder. He grabbed the dog and put it near a bush.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7S49VGCHN
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"Hide in there. Don't come out unless you get hungry, thirsty, need to dispel waste, or start feeling funny. Lastly, never, ever enter my life again."148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzfJlz1swD
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The puppy nodded. Kenny felt satisfied. He was ready to turn away until he saw the thing rip its own horn off and stick it in his chest. He fell to the ground and dissipated.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsCuXe4uNu
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Kenny was deeply, deeply, deeply disturbed. But more so, he realized that the next time he practiced with this mana, he needed to make something that could understand nuance.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkT5edFx4d
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