"̶A̵a̷r̴o̸n̶,̵ ̴t̸h̵a̵t̸ ̸w̶a̵s̸ ̶i̴n̷c̸r̸e̴d̷i̵b̵l̸y̵ ̵f̴u̷c̴k̵i̵n̶g̴ ̴s̸t̶u̴p̶i̴d̶.̸ ̷Y̶o̵u̴ ̷k̷n̸o̷w̶ ̷t̸h̷a̵t̵ ̸t̷h̵e̴ ̶s̷e̵c̶o̶n̴d̴ ̴y̷o̴u̶ ̷t̶r̸y̶ ̵t̴o̵ ̴f̶i̶g̴h̶t̴ ̷A̷R̵,̴ ̸h̸e̴'̵s̶ ̶g̵o̴i̸n̸g̶ ̷t̷o̵ ̷t̶r̴y̴ ̷t̵o̸ ̶k̸i̷l̷l̵ ̴y̵o̷u̶,̶ ̶r̷i̷g̵h̶t̵?̸"̷ Soul sighed, putting a clawed hand to his face. "̵L̸i̵s̸t̸e̸n̷.̵ ̸I̸ ̶k̶n̷o̴w̴ ̶y̶o̷u̵'̷r̵e̴ ̷m̵o̸t̷i̴v̵a̴t̵e̵d̶,̵ ̸b̸u̶t̴ ̷y̸o̴u̶ ̸h̴a̴v̸e̶ ̴a̴ ̶l̷o̶n̷g̷ ̴w̵a̵y̸ ̷t̷o̷ ̷g̶o̵ ̵b̷e̴f̵o̶r̴e̸ ̵y̷o̵u̷ ̵c̴a̷n̶ ̶e̷v̸e̶n̴ ̶h̶o̶p̵e̶ ̴t̸o̸ ̸a̵c̸h̷i̴e̷v̴e̸ ̴s̴u̵c̵h̸ ̶p̶o̷w̵e̸r̸ ̷e̶q̴u̸a̵l̶ ̸a̵s̴ ̶h̷i̴s̶.̸ ̸I̶ ̵o̸n̸l̵y̷ ̷t̴o̸l̶d̷ ̷y̶o̴u̵ ̷n̸o̷w̸ ̵b̷e̷c̴a̵u̸s̶e̴ ̷i̶t̷'̵l̶l̷ ̴g̴i̸v̸e̷ ̷y̸o̸u̷ ̷s̴o̸m̶e̴t̷h̴i̷n̴g̸ ̶t̵o̸ ̷w̴o̵r̸k̵ ̷t̵o̶w̷a̸r̷d̵s̷ ̶o̵n̴c̴e̴ ̸y̷o̴u̵ ̴a̷c̷h̶i̴e̸v̴e̶ ̴t̵r̵u̴e̵ ̵B̶o̷u̷n̵d̸l̷e̵s̸s̶n̴e̸s̴s̵.̶"̸
"Thanks for the reminder, Soul. Honestly, you're calm, at least compared to what we were back on Crystet's planet. Would you be able to explain why? I'm curious." Aaron asked Soul, trying to figure out what was going on. "̷W̵e̸l̸l̵,̶ ̷I̴'̶m̷ ̴n̵o̴t̷ ̷i̷n̵h̵e̴r̶e̵n̴t̷l̵y̶ ̴e̷v̴i̴l̵,̷ ̶I̷ ̶j̶u̴s̵t̵ ̸b̴r̵o̵u̴g̴h̵t̴ ̷o̵u̶t̸ ̴y̷o̶u̷r̶ ̴w̴o̸r̶s̸t̶ ̵e̸m̸o̶t̴i̴o̵n̸s̵ ̴o̵n̸c̴e̴ ̸y̸o̴u̸ ̴h̸a̶d̷ ̵t̵h̶e̵ ̴w̴i̵l̷l̵.̸ ̶E̴s̷s̴e̴n̵t̵i̸a̷l̸l̶y̶,̶ ̷I̸ ̸a̴m̵ ̷y̵o̷u̷r̵ ̸t̸r̶i̶g̷g̶e̶r̵.̵ ̷T̵h̴e̴ ̷t̷r̶i̸g̴g̴e̷r̸ ̶f̵o̶r̶ ̶p̷s̷y̶c̸h̶o̵p̴a̵t̶h̵y̶.̵ ̶T̸h̷e̵ ̶t̴h̵i̶n̵g̵ ̷t̶h̵a̶t̵ ̵m̷a̵k̸e̴s̶ ̵y̴o̵u̵ ̷e̴v̴i̷l̸,̷ ̶i̶f̸ ̶y̷o̵u̵ ̷c̷a̵n̶ ̷u̷n̷d̵e̴r̸s̶t̶a̵n̸d̸ ̸t̶h̸a̴t̷.̴ ̶I̸ ̴w̸a̴s̸ ̶o̵n̵l̸y̴ ̴e̶v̴i̷l̸ ̷b̵e̶c̶a̸u̷s̴e̸ ̶t̵h̵a̷t̷'̴s̵ ̶w̴h̷a̷t̶ ̵y̶o̵u̵ ̵w̴a̵n̵t̷e̵d̷ ̶m̵e̵ ̶t̶o̴ ̸b̴e̵.̶ ̸I̸ ̷m̸u̷c̷h̷ ̷p̴r̵e̵f̵e̸r̷ ̷t̶h̸i̶s̴ ̷v̸e̸r̸s̴i̷o̶n̷ ̵o̵f̶ ̸y̵o̶u̶,̶ ̷A̵a̸r̸o̶n̴,̵ ̶w̴h̶e̷r̸e̴ ̸y̷o̵u̴'̸r̷e̶ ̸c̷a̸l̷m̸e̷r̴.̴ ̴A̵l̸t̷h̸o̸u̷g̴h̸,̷ ̸I̵ ̶d̶i̴d̷ ̸w̸a̷n̶t̷ ̴t̸o̸ ̵t̴a̶k̷e̴ ̸c̸o̵n̵t̴r̶o̸l̴ ̸o̵f̸ ̴y̵o̸u̷r̵ ̴b̶o̸d̷y̷ ̴f̶o̸r̷ ̴a̶ ̶b̶i̵t̸ ̵w̴h̶e̵n̶ ̶y̸o̶u̸ ̶w̶e̴r̷e̶ ̸g̵e̵t̸t̶i̶n̴g̸ ̵a̵n̴g̸r̴y̶,̵ ̷j̸u̸s̵t̶ ̵t̸o̵ ̵k̵i̵l̷l̷ ̵t̵h̴a̸t̵ ̷o̴t̸h̷e̸r̶ ̷B̸o̷u̵n̸d̷l̷e̴s̸s̸ ̵g̵u̴y̵.̵ ̵H̷e̸ ̶w̴a̸s̶ ̴a̸ ̶t̶h̶r̷e̵a̴t̴,̶ ̴a̵n̸d̸ ̶I̷'̶m̴ ̴g̴o̵o̵d̶ ̷a̵t̶ ̴h̷e̵l̸p̸i̸n̶g̵ ̷y̶o̴u̸ ̷e̷l̴i̷m̷i̶n̷a̵t̵e̶ ̵t̷h̴r̷e̶a̸t̸s̵.̶"̷ Soul explained, bringing up a visual demonstration of what exactly he was going to do. "̴I̴ ̷w̷a̵s̷ ̸g̸o̶i̷n̷g̵ ̶t̵o̸ ̸t̶a̵k̷e̸ ̶o̴v̴e̸r̵ ̵t̵h̷e̵ ̴l̸e̷f̴t̵ ̸h̸a̸l̷f̶ ̵o̸f̷ ̵y̶o̸u̸r̵ ̴b̶o̸d̵y̷,̷ ̸g̷i̵v̴i̶n̷g̷ ̴y̵o̴u̴ ̷o̴n̴e̷ ̴c̷l̵a̴w̶e̷d̸ ̶h̷a̶n̷d̸ ̷a̴n̶d̴,̶ ̷j̸u̵s̴t̶ ̴f̸o̷r̷ ̵a̷ ̴m̸i̶n̶u̸t̷e̶,̷ ̴t̸a̶k̶e̸ ̸c̴o̸n̵t̴r̶o̸l̸ ̷o̵f̸ ̶y̵o̸u̷r̸ ̵b̵o̴d̶y̵ ̶t̸o̵ ̵k̴i̸l̵l̶ ̸h̵i̸m̶ ̶b̷y̴ ̶d̷e̸s̵t̶r̵o̷y̷i̵n̷g̸ ̷h̸i̴s̵ ̵b̷r̸a̸i̸n̸.̸ ̶A̷f̶t̵e̷r̸ ̷a̵l̸l̶,̵ ̴h̷e̵ ̵c̶a̵l̸l̷e̸d̷ ̷h̸i̵m̶s̸e̴l̷f̶ ̸h̶u̶m̴a̶n̵.̷"̶
Aaron just sighed, looking at the demonstration. "Why? It's not like he'll be able to kill us in the first place. After all, we're both Boundless, and he's already tried. Plus, there's a child present, and I don't want to traumatise them." Aaron pondered, trying to explain why he wasn't too keen on the idea of letting a child watch someone's head get scrambled. "̷W̵e̸l̵l̸,̵ ̸y̴o̸u̵ ̶k̵n̶o̸w̸ ̴h̵e̸'̵s̴ ̷g̵o̸i̸n̶g̷ ̴t̶o̶ ̸t̸r̶y̶ ̶t̸o̵ ̵k̶i̵l̷l̶ ̵y̴o̴u̴ ̵a̴s̷ ̴w̸e̷l̴l̷,̵ ̴c̸o̴n̵s̶i̷d̵e̷r̵i̴n̷g̸ ̶h̴e̴'̷s̴ ̴a̸l̴s̸o̶ ̵b̵e̷i̵n̵g̴ ̵a̴f̴f̶e̴c̷t̷e̶d̴ ̷b̶y̶ ̵h̷i̶s̴ ̵s̷o̸u̶l̷.̷ ̷E̶i̵t̵h̷e̵r̶ ̸t̷h̶a̸t̷,̷ ̸o̵r̸ ̷h̷e̵'̴s̵ ̵j̴u̵s̷t̸ ̵a̵n̷ ̴a̵s̸s̴h̷o̶l̷e̵.̴ ̵S̸o̶m̶e̵ ̴S̷o̸u̷l̴s̵ ̷o̴n̵l̵y̵ ̶a̵f̶f̵e̴c̶t̶ ̷t̶h̵e̵ ̵p̴e̸r̷s̵o̸n̸a̵l̴i̶t̵y̷,̵ ̵w̷h̴i̸l̷e̵ ̵I̵ ̶d̷e̸c̵i̸d̵e̴d̴ ̴t̴o̸ ̵c̶h̸a̴n̶g̵e̵ ̴y̴o̴u̴ ̷p̶h̵y̵s̴i̷c̵a̴l̷l̵y̶ ̷a̴s̵ ̶w̶e̶l̸l̴.̶"̶ Soul continued to explain, as Aaron thought about how they would deal with this situation.
"Soul, you proposed the idea of taking over half of my body, but I want to try a little change. You know how None has taken over the Hero, Seph's, body? Maybe we could try to do that, but I can stay in control. I want to do something that he won't soon forget." Aaron proposed, elaborating on the idea. "It is the wonder of imagination. If you cover my entire body and let me keep control, we can show him what fear really is." Aaron chuckled, altering the demonstration, showing the fully-corrupted version of Aaron. "With this, we'll be able to fully utilise both sides of ourselves, like an ultimate machine. An unstoppable force put into motion if you want to think of it like that."
"̸Y̴o̶u̷'̴r̴e̴ ̵r̶e̶a̶l̸l̵y̴ ̴g̷o̶i̴n̵g̷ ̶a̴l̴l̷ ̸o̷u̸t̸ ̵f̵o̴r̷ ̸t̷h̵i̶s̶ ̸g̸u̵y̶?̴ ̷H̸e̴ ̷m̴a̵y̶ ̷b̶e̸ ̶a̵t̵ ̴t̷h̸i̴r̸t̶y̴ ̸p̴e̵r̷c̴e̷n̷t̴ ̵B̸o̷u̶n̴d̶l̶e̵s̵s̶n̸e̵s̵s̵,̷ ̷b̵u̴t̴ ̸i̴t̵'̵s̶ ̷n̷o̴t̴ ̶l̵i̸k̵e̷ ̸h̶e̴'̵d̸ ̸p̴o̴s̷e̶ ̷t̴o̵o̸ ̸m̴u̶c̵h̵ ̴o̷f̸ ̸a̷ ̴t̵h̶r̶e̷a̵t̵ ̷t̴o̵ ̵y̵o̴u̸.̷ ̵Y̷o̸u̶ ̵c̷o̵u̶l̷d̵ ̸e̶a̵s̶i̶l̶y̶ ̴k̷i̴l̵l̷ ̷h̶i̵m̷ ̴t̷h̶r̷o̸u̴g̵h̴ ̵s̷h̴e̷e̷r̵ ̴f̷o̶r̷c̴e̴ ̵i̶f̷ ̸y̸o̷u̶ ̵w̷a̸n̴t̷e̵d̵,̶ ̴b̵u̴t̵ ̷I̵ ̴l̸i̸k̷e̵ ̵y̷o̴u̸r̴ ̵i̸d̸e̶a̶.̶ ̷H̵o̶w̴e̵v̶e̸r̸,̷ ̷y̶o̸u̷'̶l̸l̷ ̶n̶e̷e̸d̵ ̶t̷h̶i̵s̴ ̷s̵k̶i̷l̸l̵.̶ ̷I̸'̷m̵ ̴n̴o̴t̶ ̶s̶u̴r̸e̴ ̶i̶f̷ ̷I̷'̶m̴ ̷a̵l̸l̶o̵w̶e̷d̸ ̵t̷o̵ ̸d̷o̴ ̷t̶h̵i̴s̷,̷ ̸s̴o̶ ̸w̴e̴'̶l̷l̴ ̶j̵u̴s̸t̷ ̴h̸a̷v̸e̸ ̵t̵o̵ ̴h̴o̸p̷e̶ ̷t̶h̸e̵ ̸B̷o̷u̷n̴d̶l̶e̷s̷s̷ ̷S̸y̴s̶t̴e̴m̶ ̴d̸o̴e̶s̶n̵'̴t̴ ̸g̵e̴t̶ ̷m̷a̵d̶ ̵a̶t̶ ̴m̴e̶ ̸o̵r̷ ̷y̶o̴u̵ ̵f̷o̵r̴ ̷t̸h̷i̴s̷.̷"̷ Soul explained, closing his eyes, as a notification appeared in Aaron's vision.
{Skill(s) is being offered by: Soul}
{Boundless Corruption: Possession Set}
{Boundless Corruption: Controlling Set}
{Boundless Corruption: True Potential}
{Do ȳ̶̗o̸̰͊u̵͇͗ a̵̧͆͗c̸̘̺̎͊c̴͈͕̅̅e̵͔͖̓p̵͕̈́t̸͎̾̿ͅ?̵̹͓̉͑}̵͋͘͜
{Yes} {No}
"Hey, what's up with that glitchy text? Reminds me of how you speak." Aaron asked as Soul brushed it to the side. "̷I̴t̶'̴s̸ ̶j̴u̴s̴t̸ ̴t̵h̶e̶ ̵s̷y̶s̴t̶e̸m̶ ̴g̷l̶i̶t̵c̵h̶i̷n̵g̴ ̵o̶u̷t̵.̸ ̷I̵t̴ ̸i̷s̶n̵'̷t̵ ̸u̵s̵e̷d̷ ̸t̴o̶ ̴h̵a̴v̶i̸n̵g̸ ̴B̴o̸u̶n̶d̵l̷e̷s̶s̶ ̴S̵k̵i̸l̷l̴s̵ ̶b̴e̸ ̵t̸r̵a̷n̴s̸f̵e̵r̷r̶e̶d̴ ̵o̷v̴e̶r̶ ̸b̴e̴t̶w̸e̴e̸n̶ ̸u̴s̸e̵r̴s̴,̵ ̵s̴o̶ ̶i̸t̵ ̵d̸o̸e̸s̷n̴'̸t̴ ̷r̶e̸a̸l̸l̷y̴ ̷k̴n̸o̷w̸ ̸h̶o̷w̴ ̵t̴o̷ ̶h̷a̴n̷d̶l̶e̵ ̶t̸h̶e̴ ̷t̷e̸x̵t̴.̸"̸ Soul explained, as Aaron clicked the yes option using his mind.
{Accepted Skills.}
{Preparing Skills....}
{Failed.}
{Preparing Skills....}
{Failed.}
{Preparing Skills....}
{Failed.}
{Preparing Skills....}
{Successful.}
{Abilities Acquired. Granting access now.}
{Successful.}
Aaron felt his mind shut off almost instantly after reading that, and he woke up outside, in his original body. He looked around, his human flesh fully reformed, and he saw the white-haired man holding Crystet up by the throat, as Seph and None lay inside a crater in the ground, injured. Aaron stood up, running towards the man at an insane speed, his body quickly becoming covered in the corruption he hated. His hands became pointed and clawed as the red, blood-like liquid which flowed from his body before began to fly behind him once more. His hand grabbed onto his neck, sticking his fingers in a little, drawing blood. Crystet looked up, his body almost unresponsive due to the damages to his spine. All he saw was a reminder of the past.
"You will not threaten them like that. Do you understand, human? I will personally make your life hell if you show yourself in my presence again. Do you hear me? Doesn't matter if you did or didn't. Your chance is over. Leave." Aaron threatened him, the man clutching at Aaron's black, clawed hand. Aaron smiled and threw the man into a nearby building, shattering the foundation as if it was soft plaster. Aaron turned to face Crystet, crouching down to talk to him face-to-face.
"Aaron, what the hell have you done?" Crystet asked as Aaron looked him dead in the eyes, the corruption slowly going away. "I had to have a little talk with him. My Soul is the one I talked to. The one that influenced me to, you know, blow up your planet and force you on this journey. Yeah, that one. We're chill now, though, so, Soul, come talk to Crystet."
Half of Aaron's face became corrupted, and Soul just smiled, saying one single word.
"Heya."