Rimora's cargo was spacious like a warehouse with three doors and one hatch present, one of the doors led to the engine room and at the opposite side of the cargo, the remaining two led to the upper deck and the lower deck.
The cargo was mainly filled with the boxes Femi had brought, asides from that were some unarranged equipment and the new bike Arwan had gotten.
Eina sat on some pile of boxes, watching the guys do their stuff with interest.
Arwan and Femi had taken off their bodysuits due to Gabriel's instruction.
They sat beside each other on the floor, with Gabriel squatting right behind them.
Everyone had just shown their surprise to the natural blue marks Arwan had on his skin. Gabriel even complimented him, saying it looked artistic.
"I'll start with Arwan,' Gabriel said, placing his palms directly on Arwan's back.
"Your body doesn't have any hint of Tether flowing through it, so I'll try and move Tether into your body, you try and manipulate it in your body. It'll be harder since it's a foreign Tether but try."
With that, Gabriel displayed his control over Tether Energy.
Gabriel channeled Tether Energy from within his core to manipulate the Tether in the atmosphere. The energy he controlled extended to the atmosphere's energy, which he slowly manipulated to seep into Arwan's body
It would have been harder, but since Arwan's body had no trace of energy flowing within, his body made no resistance to reject the energy.
After enough energy had entered Arwan's body, Gabriel instructed him.
"Try and have awareness of your body. Locate the foreign energy within your body and control it. You don't have to use it to enhance your body, just let it flow like a cycle and your body will slowly get used to it."
Arwan nodded as he began following the instructions.
Gaining awareness wasn't hard for Arwan, he had done it numerous times when he was younger in hopes of being able to manipulate Tether.
It didn't take him long to feel something foreign spread within his body, it flowed like a raging river.
As he found this energy hard to control, Arwan changed the process from controlling the energy to controlling the path through which the energy will follow.
Like Gabriel said, he wasn't supposed to enhance his body, he just needed it to flow within his body.
Sweat dripped on Arwan's face, the raging, uncontrolled Tether energy felt like spikes that were puncturing him from within.
Gabriel saw Arwan made progress, with a smile, he said,
"That's good. The energy will naturally dissipate from your body and before then your body will slowly get used to what's flowing within you."
With a chuckle, he added, "Eh, if you understand the little changes this foreign energy does to you now, when it's time to understand the changes caused by lingering tether from Tether enhancement, the difficulty will lessen."
Arwan didn't reply to the faint sounds he heard, all his concentration was on what he was doing. The Tether energy would leave his body faster if he gave it the opportunity to.
Seeing Arwan make progress, Femi called Gabriel's attention,"It's my turn then."
"Alright. Since you have your own energy flowing within you, I won't be able to directly affect your body, just listen to what I say."
Seating on the floor, Femi exhaled and closed his eyes, signifying that he was ready.
"Let's begin," Gabriel said, seated in a box not too far from Femi.
"Gain awareness of your body. After, you'll feel the little energy you had unknowingly used flowing through your body."
Gaining awareness of his body was something his old man had taught him, it wasn't hard to do it.
Feeling the energy course through his body was easy. He delved deeper to search every inch of his body in search of where all the energy was, that was how Femi identified the presence of where all the energy originated from.
"I think I've found the Tether core."
'That was fast.' Gabriel raised a brow and gave the next instructions.
"That's good. Now, try and peer into that source to bring out more energy."
Femi imagined the core as a door which his mental self was going to open. He 'opened' the door slowly, but as if something strong was pushing the door from the other side, the door burst open.
Femi's face contorted, displaying his struggles.
Eina and Gabriel noticed and they both looked at Femi with worry. Gabriel peered into Femi's body to check his progress.
Seeing the amount of energy Femi had pulled out of his core at once, he hurriedly advised,
"Forget trying to control that amount at once! Instead, control part of it and merge that energy with your body. The Tether will pick where to enhance on its own, just maintain it there…"
Femi's face lit up with a tense smile as he began following Gabriel's advice.
His veins became thicker and his eyes bulged as if it was about to pop. His hair flustered slightly from the air that gathered around him. This showed that Femi left the Tether within him to go uncontrolled and if it was left this way, he was going to begin a Rapid Evolution.
But everything was still under control.
Femi controlled slightly above half of the energy and began merging it with his body.
He merged the energy with his muscles making them stronger, merged it with his skin making it thicker, merged it with his eyes, making him see better.
The smile on his face only widened more. The change he felt… It was exhilarating!
Gabriel and Eina's worry was reduced as they watched the face Femi made.
"This fella was able to use Tether in just a few moments. He's truly an anomaly!" Femi's progress warranted Gabriel's comment.
Femi exhaled, the air he let out carrying hints of Tether Energy, "This strength… It's so different from my usual one!"
Gabriel combed his hair back with his hands. 'Oh, this might not be as stressful as I thought!
Femi had already stood, swinging his sword to quickly assimilate with his new strength.
"Hold on there, hot boy." Gabriel stopped, he hadn't concluded his teachings yet!
"Firstly, regarding how much Tether you pulled out from your core at once, it's not the right way to do things. It's easier for you to lose control of the Tether that way. You also exhaust the Tether in your core faster.
"Take the Tether you didn't use to enhance your body for an example, since you're no longer controlling it, it'll run wild in your body making your control over the enhancement harder before it completely dissipates and leaves your body."
Although it wasn't intentional, Femi nodded and acknowledged he needed more training.
Gabriel advised further, "Secondly, Tether energy seems to act like it knows the most efficient part of your body to enhance - it varies for each person.
The better your control of Tether, the closer the energy is to the part it wants to enhance, this also plays a part in where Tether lingers and how your body changes permanently."
"Noted!" Femi said, his excitement evident.
Gabriel concluded, "When your enhancement wears out and the Tether within you is close to completely dissipating, you replenish your energy by absorbing the atmosphere energy into your core and making it yours. You figure out how to do that on your own."
~GBAM~
Upon Gabriel's word, everyone turned to the cause of the noise. At the center of the cargo, the energy within Arwan had dissipated and he passed out after finishing his draining task.
Femi eventually broke the brewing silence, "I guess it was hard."
"Not everyone is as talented as you. If I hadn't met you, I would have considered him as the Anomaly and not you. He may be like that but honestly, he's also a genius." Gabriel replied.
"Is that so?" Femi said, not knowing what to say.
"Let's wrap it. 'We' should get some rest. Using Tether in a bad condition is not advised." Gabriel exaggerated the 'we' to hint that he was tired and he needed rest.
Femi got the hint, carrying Arwan, he led Gabriel to the quarters.
Eina trailed from behind, she tried to tell them that she would cook but she eventually didn't, she couldn't speak up.
Eventually, everyone slept throughout the night and woke up at Sin city's noon.
Femi and Gabriel continued their training while Eina and Arwan watched. Arwan's body was too stressed to continue.
Before night fell, they fixed their plans based on Gabriel's suggestions.
Femi would need to completely absorb his bond, so Gabriel suggested the Artificial way of getting a bond. They prioritized this as the next thing to do.