"SO HERES THE DEAL KID, YOUR COUSINS WERE TAKEN, WITH THE EXPRESS INTENT OF TURNING THEM TO A LIFE OF CRIME OR WORSE, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW THAT UNCLE OF YOURS IS JUST A FARMER, SO HE WONT HAVE THE SKILLS TO GO OUT AND SAVE THEM HIMSELF, BUT YOU, YOU WANTED MORE IN LIFE, AM I RIGHT? YOU WANTED TO BE SOMEONE THAT PEOPLE TELL EPIC TALES ABOUT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AFTER YOU YOU'VE DIED? WELL EVERY PERSON YOU'VE EVER HEARD A BARD SING ABOUT STARTED EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE NOW, PRACTICALLY POWERLESS. BUTGIVEN AN ADVANTAGE WITH THEIR STATUS. THE FIRST STEP IS WE ARE GONNA GO TAKE ON SOME 'GROCERY DUNGEONS'. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT RELY ON THESE DUNGEONS, THEY WILL COME BACK AFTER 24 HOURS OF BEING BEATEN, AND FORE THOSE WHO HAVE BEATEN THEM, THEY'LL LEVEL UP, AND YOULL BE ABLE TO LEVEL UP. AND AFTER WE HAVE LEVELED YOU UP A BIT, WE CAN TRACK DOWN THOSE KIDNAPPERS THAT ALMOST MURDERED YOUR AUNT AND UNCLE."
"Wait, stop I can't leave my aunt and uncle here all alone, they just lost their kids, and June can't speak anymore, they need my help here more than ever!"
"LOOK KID, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS RIGHT NOW, YOUR FAMILY NEEDS TO KEEP THEIR MIND OFF OF WHATS HAPPENED, IF YOU LEAVE THAT WILL FORCE YOU UNCLE AT LEAST TO PUT MORE TIME INTO FARM ACTIVITES, INSTEAD OF FALSELY BELIEVING THAT HE CAN TRACK DOWN KIDNAPPERS TO GEET HIS KIDS BACK. FACE IT, YOU ARE EXACTLY THE PERSON YOUR UNCLE NEEDS RIGHT NOW TO SAVE HIS KIDS, BECAUSE I BET KNIGHTS DONT COME AROUND OFTEN, AND ADVENTURERS COST TOO MUCH MONEY FOR A FARMER TO AFFORD, AM I RIGHT?"
"Yeah, but how can I help?"
"GEEZE YOU ARE DENSE, YOUVE SEEN YOUR SKILLS, RIGHT? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PRACTISE, LEVEL UP, AND LEARN NEW SKILLS; AS YOU LEVEL UP AND GET STRONGER, YOU BECOME MORE CAPABLE OF TRACKING DOWN YOUR COUSINS AND SAVING THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT FATES. IF YOUR UNCLE GOES OUT TO TRY AND SAVE HIS KIDS HE WILL ONY GET HIMSELF KILLED, AND THAT WONT HELP ANYONE, AND THATS IF HE LUCKS OUT AND IS ABLE TO TRACK THEM DOWN."
"So what all do I need to do, to save my cousins?"
"WELL FIRST THING, IS CONVINCE YOUR UNCLE THE BEST THINGTO DO IS RELY ON YOUR POTENTIAL. ONCE YOU ACCOPLISH THAT, THE REAL FUN CAN BEGIN. YOU ARE GONNA WANNA JOIN THE ADVENTURES GUILD, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR SKILLS THERE FROM PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEM ALREADY, ONCE YOUVE ADVANCED FAR ENOUGH TO BECOME A THREAT TO THOSE ROUGES, YOU CAN START TAKING DOWN DOUNGEONS, SO YOU CAN GET SOME GOOD LOOT TO TAKE OUT THE ROUGES WITH. AFTER THAT ITLL BE TIME TO TRACK DOWN THE ONES THAT TOOK YOUR COUSINS, MAYBE ALONG THE WAY YOU ATTRACT SOME FRIENDS THAT WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS."
"..." I sit in silence for a moment, letting everything my system said sink in. It makes sense...but the first hurdle will be convincing my uncle to stay on the farm and not do anything rash...
"So I can learn skills that I see others use? Or do they have to teach me step by step?"
"EXCELLENT QUESTION, AND IT DEPENDS ON HOW CLOSE YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO SOMEONE PREFORMING A SKILL. IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE AND SEE AN ALLY PREFORMING A SKILL YOU DONT HAVE, UNLESS YOU ARE GIVING THEM YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION, YOU AREN'T GOING TO LEARN THE SKILL. HOWEVER IF YOU ARE POINTEDLY LEARING SKILLS FROM PEOPLE, WATCHING THEM PREFORM SKILLS WILL GET YOU THE SKILL, ITS CALLED ADOPTIVE MUSCLE MEMORY, AT LEAST WITH THE PYSICAL SKILLS. YOUR KEEN SENSE SKILL WORKS BY SHOWING YOU THE AURA OF ALL THINGS, PART OF THIS, ONCE YOU'VE LEARNED HOW IT WORKS, WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE PLANNING TO PHYSICALLY DO, BEFORE THEY DO IT."