The centralized tap grew more and more familiar now. Each fraction of a turn, each tiny shift in the aperture, translated immediately into the precise amount of power flowing through my system.
I experimented, again and again, testing each increment. One swing with the tap barely open, then ten percent, then thirty, forty, seventy. Every time, I measured the speed, the strength, the feedback along my muscles.
And evidently, there was absolute no wastage, and the process was perfectly efficient. For example, the aperture being opened by 30% gave me 30% of my maximum power output, and cost me 30% of what a maximum-power channel would cost.
Each test left me a little drained, but the hum of the Amorphic Mana Core never faltered. It had become a steady heartbeat inside me, responding obediently to the commands I issued.
