As the numbers of ghosts and wraiths swelled, Calyx's strength swelled with them.
Radeon had handed off most of the daily work while he tightened his cultivation, leaving Calyx in charge.
A day had passed. In the distance, the hybrids were dying off. Silent Severance had been burning the dead in piles.
Calyx did not truly care about them. Still, he asked Radeon once how to blend in with humans.
The answer Calyx got was simple. Give them enough kindness that they feel indebted. Give them no attention once they start demanding.
That lesson sat in Calyx's mind like a stone in the mouth.
He turned it over while his fingers worried the thin booklet Radeon had given him, the Eldritch Absorption Art.
Calyx did not know where Radeon had found such a thing. Sometimes his thoughts flirted with the idea that Radeon had invented it himself, but that felt too godly to accept.
Calyx took a deep breath and decided. He called over Oisin, Elsin, Maeron, and Ewan.
