He did know Kadaj had managed to achieve Bankai. It wasn't that surprising given his reiatsu and dedication to combat, even though he was young. Even didn't know much about zanpakuto, or their users, but Kadaj's early introduction to Mako, or the Lifestream, was probably what had allowed him to embark on a fast-track to the higher level. It did rather appear to give people the edge in combat.
He was also aware that his Chakra control was getting better. For a lot of Spiran natives, the art of using one's personal element was accessible to most everybody, but it tended to come in aggressive bursts or artless healing more than anything. There was a subset of people who bent their element to their will in more a more skilful manner, something that Kadaj had displayed a little of in the kitchen when he had toppled Szayel from his chair, but they were uncommon. In general, your own Chakra element provided innate strengths and weaknesses with most people only using it in its raw form in an act of desperation.
Even watched as Kadaj squirmed in his chair, obviously embarrassed about admitting .... ah.
Not everybody on Spira could use magic. Many people chose classes where they never needed to use it, usually on account of having lower-end Chakra reserves, little skill in Chakra control or because they never had any need of it. Not everybody put themselves in harm's way on a regular basis. Even so, magic, especially at lower skill levels, was commonplace enough. As far as Even was aware, they taught the basic elemental spells in most Spiran schools.
Why Kadaj seemed awkward about that admission made a lot of sense given his environment. He was a skilled fighter surrounded by other skilled fighters and he saw that gap in his arsenal as a vulnerability and, quite probably, it was. Magic could keep an enemy, especially one given to close-range physical attacks, at a distance and if you had no way of retaliating, especially against the skill levels that Khamja seemed to attract, it could prove life-threatening.
But why come to him? Kadaj was free to leave the palace to obtain the necessary reading material if there weren't already copies available. He could understand why he might have been reluctant to share such a weakness with other members of the Clan, especially when he was worried about his continued survival, but why had he sought him, of all people, out to help him? Magic was learned from scrolls, not person-to-person tuition.
"You don't have access to the books and scrolls?" He asked, cocking his head to the side in question. "Does the library--"
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Date: 2016-01-25 10:12 pm (UTC)He did know Kadaj had managed to achieve Bankai. It wasn't that surprising given his reiatsu and dedication to combat, even though he was young. Even didn't know much about zanpakuto, or their users, but Kadaj's early introduction to Mako, or the Lifestream, was probably what had allowed him to embark on a fast-track to the higher level. It did rather appear to give people the edge in combat.
He was also aware that his Chakra control was getting better. For a lot of Spiran natives, the art of using one's personal element was accessible to most everybody, but it tended to come in aggressive bursts or artless healing more than anything. There was a subset of people who bent their element to their will in more a more skilful manner, something that Kadaj had displayed a little of in the kitchen when he had toppled Szayel from his chair, but they were uncommon. In general, your own Chakra element provided innate strengths and weaknesses with most people only using it in its raw form in an act of desperation.
Even watched as Kadaj squirmed in his chair, obviously embarrassed about admitting .... ah.
Not everybody on Spira could use magic. Many people chose classes where they never needed to use it, usually on account of having lower-end Chakra reserves, little skill in Chakra control or because they never had any need of it. Not everybody put themselves in harm's way on a regular basis. Even so, magic, especially at lower skill levels, was commonplace enough. As far as Even was aware, they taught the basic elemental spells in most Spiran schools.
Why Kadaj seemed awkward about that admission made a lot of sense given his environment. He was a skilled fighter surrounded by other skilled fighters and he saw that gap in his arsenal as a vulnerability and, quite probably, it was. Magic could keep an enemy, especially one given to close-range physical attacks, at a distance and if you had no way of retaliating, especially against the skill levels that Khamja seemed to attract, it could prove life-threatening.
But why come to him? Kadaj was free to leave the palace to obtain the necessary reading material if there weren't already copies available. He could understand why he might have been reluctant to share such a weakness with other members of the Clan, especially when he was worried about his continued survival, but why had he sought him, of all people, out to help him? Magic was learned from scrolls, not person-to-person tuition.
"You don't have access to the books and scrolls?" He asked, cocking his head to the side in question. "Does the library--"