"Here's the deal." Seraphis shifted slightly, her eyes narrowing. She was lecturing him when there was an unknown enemy right below them. Wow! speak about commitment to teaching.
"Ethercraft is only as strong as the principle behind it. It can be anything, based on creativity. Anything."
Judge nodded, remembering the strange, almost absurd principles he'd seen before. A literal god who created a fake reality to do fake time loops, a guy who walked on air instead of just flying. Creativity would be useful as long as you are not wierd.
"But," Seraphis continued, "because there are countless principles, there are also countless ways to counter them. Ethercrafts can work like scissors, paper, and rock. You could be the strongest out there, but if someone's principle hard-counters yours, you're toast. Got it?"
"Mhm." Judge nodded again, his focus returning to the woods below.
