"Qi" The word was foreign to Quinn. He had never heard of it before or even heard someone mention it. From the way Leo spoke about it, it sounded like some mystic energy that perhaps people used to harness a long time ago.
Thinking back, Quinn started to remember something Vorden had told him a while ago. At one point Vorden had managed to copy Leo’s powers. When looking at Leo, he could see the same thing he could, yet Vorden’s could feel his own energy at the time was far weaker then Leo’s.
This might have had something to do with Qi as well. Vorden was only able to copy the amount of MC cell’s someone had.
’Could the large energy that Vorden was seeing at the time be Qi?’
Whatever it was, Quinn wanted to learn about it. He was ready to listen to Leo’s story. For back then during the war, he had been classified as a hero, and he had even seen the power first hand.
Any strength added to his own would be a plus.
"I was born blind, it wasn����t latter on in life, and it wasn’t during the war like many people suspect. I never had eyesight to begin with, I have never seen the colour of the sky, nor the grass.
"Even before the introductions of abilities, the world was a cruel place. Discrimination existed back then just like it does now but in different forms. As for me, I was abandoned and left outside a temple by my parents, my only guess is they couldn’t deal with the idea of raising a blind baby. Although to this day I don’t really blame them.
"Form what I had learned, later on, the country I grew up in was a poor one, and the place even worse. People had children in hopes that they would be able to better thier lives in the future. Work on the farm, help put in the village. But a blind perosn would be disadvantaged when it came to these things, and I would only be another mouth to feed.
"In the end, I think my parents loved me enough to make sure I arrived at a place they could trust. Rather than just abandoning me, and for that reason, I can’t say I hate them."
Quinn had also heard some stories of parents who had given up on thier kids, after learning thier MC cells had a low limit. It seemed rather than getting better, things had only gotten worst since the past.
"Luckily for me, it wasn’t an ordinary temple they had dropped me at. Noticing I was blind, they knew it would be pointless to bring me to an orphanage. If people had the choice out of a baby that was perfect or one that couldn’t see it would be a long time until a soul gentle enough would take me in.
"However, he also felt like he could greatly help me, for he was a master of Qi. He ran a dojo and taught many students and at first, he decided to teach me, not because he wanted me to learn how to fight, but he thought it would greatly help me grow and navigate my way around.
"You see, Qi lets you feel the energy of living things around you. In a way, my Master felt like if he taught me this, he would be giving me a vision I never had. After years of learning and growing up by my master side, a strange thing happened. When I mastered how to use Qi, at the same time, I had unlocked my ability.
"At the time I didn’t know this and abilities weren’t widespread and were still kept secret. When I explained what I could see, My Master told me not to tell anyone about it, but for the first time, I felt like I could see and join in with my fellow brothers and sisters with thier training.
"My ability helped me progress faster than those around me, as I was able to see the flow of energy that my Master would often talk about easier. When sparing with my fellow brothers, it would give me an advantage. Every human has Qi, but a lot don’t know how to grow or use it properly. When one would attack, I would see the Qi move before them.
"Fast forward several years and the war with the Dalki had started. The use of weapons clearly didn’t work, and it looked like the human race would soon die. I was young and hot-headed back then but continually argued with my Master, asking why hadn’t we gone to join the fight.
"We were a small group of only thirty students, but I knew with our unique talents we would be able to help some people at least. However, my Master said our home was here, and it wasn’t our place. The temple oversaw a small town full of life. It was away from the war and all the fighting. We were up relatively high, and it seemed like nobody had found us yet.
"But every day I would watch news of what was going on. That’s when people with abilities started to come forward. They began to turn the tide of the war. They were hailed as heroes and continued to be cheered and supported around the whole world.
"’That could have been me’ I thought. I was envious, jealous of these ability users. We could have helped and also been a part of those groups. Yet even with our power, we did nothing.
"Later on the discovery of the portals were made soon after and that led to beast weapons. The war was still ongoing, and now the world was into heavy recruitment. People didn’t have a choice, if you were old enough, you were told to fight."
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