>>5564952“Shit!” you think to yourself, dropping your Energy Body and focusing your ki. You have only a moment to act, focusing your power into a spherical shield around you and hardening it the instant before impact with a shout of “BARRIER!”
Your son's attack, far more powerful than you'd expected, slams into your shield with the full force of his transformed might. His power actually manages to push you back moving you away from him for a few dozen feet before you're finally able to stop his attack fully. Your shield continues blocking the blast, you holding Karn Jr's blast back. Had you not blocked it, looking back, his blast would have struck your planet near-directly. And with this much power behind it, Karn Jr could have destroyed your world entirely. So you keep your barrier up at full strength, stopping his beam until his power wanes and Karn Jr ends the overwhelming golden beam.
Once his attack stops you deactivate your Barrier, looking up to see your son trying to catch his breath. Taking the opportunity, you leave a small ball of ki where you'd been while flying up to your son, laying a hand on his shoulder.
“That was an excellent attack, you pushed me quite a ways back.” you tell him, your son grinning at your praise. But then his smile fades as your expression hardens, tone turning more serious. “But you have to be more careful than that.”
“Careful? What do you mean?” he asks, you pointing at your orb of ki. He turns, looking to it then back to you, confused. “What's that?”
“That energy is where I was. But look past it.” you tell him, your son turning back and looking. “What do you see?”
“You mean besides your energy?” he asks, staring down at it. But then, after a moment, his eyes widen. “Wait, do you mean...?”
“Yes. You nearly destroyed our home son.” you tell him, Karn Jr's face going white in shock. You then grab him by the other shoulder, turning him to face you while dropping as if to a knee, face-to-face. “You possess incredible power, but you have to be careful with it. You can't only focus on who you're fighting, but your surroundings as well. You have to watch out for everything when fighting. Do you understand?”
“Y-Yes I do.” he says, a little nervously yet his eyes are still bright. “I understand Daddy.”
“Good. Don't ever forget this.” you tell him, taking your hand off his right shoulder and ruffling his hair. “Winning doesn't matter if you kill everyone you're trying to protect.”
Then, before either of you can say anything else, his stomach begins growling.
“Now, who's hungry?” you ask him, your son's smile growing.
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