Northern had been considering it ever since he saw Ryan use ice manipulation over a large expanse. But he knew he needed to understand his abilities better before attempting something like that.
There was also the matter of giving his essence a form, something he hadn't fully grasped yet.
At the same time, Northern was aware he didn't need to completely comprehend that part of his essence.
After all, he wasn't like every other drifter—he was something different.
He was the embodiment of the void, of nothingness itself. He wouldn't be surprised if his essence didn't have a form.
However, one thing he had come to understand from using the power of Void, Chaos, and Formless was that if his essence didn't have a form, it likely had the ability to mimic or adopt any form.
Not the form of other drifter's essence, of course—that would probably be more complex to achieve.
