Cyberknight: One Path

⁕ Sharp Hands

As a result, the following day, during her training, Athena practiced her control as she attempted to stop her ability just before hitting an obstacle. With every failure, Athena simply refused to give up as the scene of her master's knife hands manipulating a wok and a spatula played inside her mind. It was a set of calculated moves with a precise usage of forces and a quick reaction.

[Mike] - "Didn't expect you to get up so early in the morning. "

Said Mike as he casually strolled toward Athena.

After wiping the sweat off her forehead, Athena saluted her master.

[Athena] - "Morning, master! I was just testing some stuff about my ability. "

[Mike] - "Testing? I thought by this point you had already determined all the parameters about your abilities. "

Said Mike with a raised eyebrow.

[Athena] - "Please, master, allow me to train in my own way. Yesterday, you made me realize the imperfections of my abilities which were detrimental to my progression. For this, I wish to refine these flaws. "

[Mike] - "Will these trainings yield results in a way which will benefit our lesson? "

[Athena] - "I believe so, master! "

Said Athena with confidence.

[Mike] - "If you are confident enough to think you can handle my test with your method, then I'll approve of it. However, the test at the end of this month will also be much more difficult and if you fail, you will no longer be my disciple. Are you confident in yourself, Athena? "

Athena looked at Mike for a moment before resolutely nodding her head.

[Athena] - "I am confident in my words, master. However, I want you to keep using the gloves as promised for the entirety of our time here. "

[Mike] - "Hey, never took them off. "

Said Mike as he waved his hands in the air.

For the entire day, Athena trained with Mike's help. From trying to balance small pebbles using her conjured hands to shooting her lightning arrows with controlled strength, Athena tested every single aspect of her control both mentally and physically. However, she soon became frustrated with her lack of control as her lightning obliterated boulders when she only wanted to crack them while her giant hands trembled like waves when trying to perform precise tasks.

As night came, Athena could only sit in frustration while Mike prepared dinner as usual. As Mike cooked without breaking a sweat using his knife hands, Athena could only observe with envy as something so difficult was so easily handled by her master.

[Mike] - "Eat up. I didn't become a master of my ability in a single day either. "

Said Mike as he put a plate of food before Athena.

[Athena] - "Yeah but it was easier for you. You have hands while I have weapons. "

[Mike] - "A baby also has hands but does he know how to write, how to build an electric circuit or how to demonstrate a quantic formula from the first day? "

Said Mike as he sat down on his side of the table.

[Athena] - "Yeah but you have hands. They are universal, they are the basis for all of humanity's creations. If this baby was born with blades for hands, does he still have the same opportunities as a baby born with hands? "

[Mike] - "Yet they both have a brain. If you define what is a limitation for yourself, how could you ever hope to surpass it? Are you going to be held back by stairs because you don't have legs? "