Yawning, Lucy targets her left foot, beginning the Refinement Chant. Her foot warm the Spirit essence gathering into a small dot. Lucy tears up, as the essence is ripped away, the now dull flesh stinging fiercely. The dull flesh void of spirit essence split, blood gushing from her toes, and heel. Gathering refined essence from her Inner Sky, Lucy guides it to the dull flesh. Her cells greedily sucked it up, the fierce sting disappearing, as the wound closes.
Okay, so when refinement the spirit essence in my skin, I need to infuse new spirit essence in the empty areas. Lucy probes the scabbed cut, and winces. Damn, that really hurt. Lucy pouts, looking at the spirit essence in her foot. Oh, hell. Lucy picks a polished horse, turning it over in her hands, thinking. The test area felt energized, as did the where she infused more spirit essence. Lucy finished refining her foot, moving onto her ankle, and shin. Lucy was refining her left knee, when her Inner Sky abruptly ran dry. Oh, fuck! Lucy curses, as blood slides down her leg.
Lucy's eyes widen, looking at her empty Inner Sky. Only her three Spirit Seeds were left. Not even a rice grain of spirit essence was left. Lucy blinks. Uhhh. Huh? "Little Mistress, It's time to take your medicine" Selena says, coming over. "Little Mistress! You're bleeding!" Selena rushes over, using a silk scarf to staunch the bleeding. "How did this happen?" Selena asks. Selena picks Lucy up, not waiting for an answer.
Carrying Lucy over to the medical chest that was in permanent residence in Lucy's room. Selena cleans her knee, smoothing a cream over the cut, and wrapping it. Lucy yawns, as Selena fusses, putting another cream on her foot. "Poor, Little Mistress. This must have hurt a lot" Selena says. Lucy wraps her arms around Selena's neck, kissing her cheek. Lucy's chest was tight, as she lowers her eyes, a soft sigh escaping. I made her worry again.
After drinking a bowl of medical soup, Lucy is taken outside to get fresh air, while the maids changed her sheets. Lucy lays on a quilt, staring at the clouds, ignoring the polished animal set Selena had put beside her. My Inner Sky has never been this empty. Never! Ooo, that cloud looks like a bike! Should I open my mental sea?
Deciding to go for it, Lucy relaxes her hold. Spirit Essence burst out, running into her Inner Sky. Yellow, Silver, Black. Sparkles of three colors cram themselves into her Inner Sky. After three minutes, Lucy forces her mental sea to close. It bucks, fighting her hold. Pressing it down, Lucy pants sealing it up. Lucy felt her body shiver. I'm sweaty? Her whole body from head to toe was damp with sweat. Whatever. Inner Sky was full again. Looking at the murky, thin spirit essence, Lucy absorbs herself in refining.