In the dead city, everyone trained individually, centering around the church ruins.
Igula placed Gwen on a nearby high platform, observing her to see if the temporal hourglass would have any other effects.
Then he summoned his Technique Spirit, gently nuzzling, teasing, and caressing them, even taking out gold and silver coins to feed them.
The relationship with Technique Spirits has always been a rather ambiguous discipline. Useful? Yes, but no matter how much your Technique Spirit dislikes you, as long as you are willing to consume Magic Power, it has to yield and serve you; useless? Not really, because if you run out of Magic Power or something, having a good relationship with your Technique Spirit might prompt it to trigger a Resonance to help you.
