Reika looked unconvinced, but she nodded slowly. Her Gift—Cursed Script—allowed her to transcribe curses directly into a person's body, altering their very essence. This Gift was used to temporarily boost mana rank, but it could be used in a different way as well when mixed with Rose's Paradox.
"I'll need your help too, Rose," I said, turning to her. "Your Paradox Gift is essential to create the closed space where reality can be manipulated without outside interference."
Rose nodded, her earlier embarrassment giving way to professional interest. Her Gift allowed her to create localized pockets where the laws of reality became flexible, malleable to her will. Within those spaces, she could bend causality itself—though the strain of maintaining such distortions limited how far she could push.
"And my Gift?" Kali asked, leaning against the wall with forced casualness. "What does Dark Embrace contribute to this little experiment?"
