Moon continued activating Veil Step over and over, pushing himself into the veiled state and studying every nuance of how it worked.
From the outset, his progress came faster than it would have for most skills. He already possessed a deep, hard-won understanding of concealment through his maxed Camouflage,. He understood principles of suppressing a presence, making oneself unnoticed, and reading how other beings detected their surroundings. That foundation transferred directly, giving him a framework to slot Veil Step into rather than learning from scratch.
He didn't simply spam the skill. He experimented. He activated it against different backdrops, tested how the veiled state interacted with light and shadow, with movement and stillness. He summoned his Beast Soul and had it try to track him while veiled, probing the edges of the skill's effectiveness, learning exactly when and how its near-invisibility could falter.
