’We are not attempting to undo the Fall of our monster halves and guide them toward the right path. We want them Fallen just like our black cores, so that once they fuse, for the first time in Mogar’s history, two wrongs will make a right.
’The Warg’s curse is their ability to change, multiply, and share. I won’t suppress any of that. I will nurture those abilities and bring them under my heel. Watch and learn!’ Tezka said.
The emerald tendrils connecting the stars and the black hole to the Spirit star became thicker and brighter by the second, while the Warg comet now orbited around the emerald dwarf like a moon.
The proximity allowed the Spirit star to share part of the nourishment it received from the rest of the quasar with the Warg aspect, so that the two became stronger and bigger in unison.
Yet at the same time, those same emerald tendrils put the Warg comet in contact with the other elemental stars. As Tezka regained his strength and the new shape of his life force stabilized, each elemental star gained its own moon.
The black hole came last. The fragment of the Warg aspect was the smallest of all and had to give the Chaos energy a wide orbit, but it was there nonetheless. The Warg comet was now split into seven moons, allowing the monster side to absorb all seven elemental energies at the same time.
The Warg moons exchanged the power they received from their respective elemental stars, relieving each other’s burden and growing like a single entity despite the distance that separated them.
’As I said, don’t try to remove the curse that comes with your Fallen state.’ Tezka explained. ’Turn it into a blessing by making the curse work not as Mogar intended, but as you do.’
The Spirit Tail resumed its growth once more. It was still atrophied compared to the other nine and didn’t reach one-tenth of their length. Yet instead of stopping after a few centimeters, it had doubled its original size.
’Soon.’ The Suneater said as the silvery star of the light element grew faster than the others in a silent promise to match their size. ’Soon.’
***
Verhen Mansion, at the same time.
Solus instinctively knew the moment when the tower stopped growing, yet she waited until the next day to share the good news with everyone.
’Right now, the tower is just like an Awakened core after a breakthrough. Exhausted and in dire need of rest.’ She thought. ’I’ll give it a good night’s rest to recover and stabilize its condition.’
Solus was thrilled at the idea of showing the changes in her artifact half and the new floors to the members of her family, but she had to wait a bit longer. The Ernas and the Verhens had breakfast together, and there was no way to rush things without even Lucky understanding that something was off with her.
Solus’ knees trembled under the table the whole time, and in her impatience, she didn’t even savor her waffles.
Only after Orion and Jirni left to conduct their training schedule for the day could Solus finally sigh in relief.
"It’s done, guys! The tower is ready to receive guests again." She said in one breath.
"I know." Lith grunted. "You didn’t stop talking about it via our link for one minute."
"Yeah, you have to work on your poker face, Solus." Kamila said. "You were fidgeting so much that I was wondering whether you were holding in a big news or just a really loud fart."
"Kami." Solus blushed in embarrassment.
A look around the table revealed that the rest of the family shared Kamila’s opinion.
"Mama Solo fat?" Elysia pointed her tiny finger at Solus.
"Kami, I swear on my tower, if you just taught Ely to associate the forbidden word with me, I will never forgive you!" Solus went pale in horror and shame.
"Not fat, Ely." Valeron noticed the tension at the table and chimed in.

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