>>6022856“I think it's quite something. You've done a great job son.” you tell him earnestly.
“That's quite the impressive piece.” your wife says, flying over and looking the archway over. “I thought it was cloth, you made this entire thing out of your crystals?”
“Yes. Been working on livening up my own place lately, sharpening my skills.” Chilli answers. “I'm not quite a sculptor, but I think I did well enough.”
“Well enough? You've clearly been putting a lot of work in. Your effort clearly shows.” you tell him, your son turning back to you and nodding with a small smile. “How's the durability on them?”
“That's something I was actually wanting to show you.” he says, Ascending in a burst of sparks. He then draws his right back, swinging a heavy hook straight into the arch. There's a resounding crack, but to your shock it doesn't shatter. A single crack, maybe a fingernail thick and maybe three inches long spreads out from the point of impact. As he pulls his fist back you see several smaller, spiderwebbing cracks around the size of his fist, but the structure holds. He turns and looks at you with a grin, gesturing to it. “My magic's getting even stronger.”
“That it is.” Okira says, taking a deep breath and readying herself to fix the damage. But he holds his hand out to her, stopping her with a confused look on her face. “What?”
“It gets even better. Watch.” he says, turning back to the crack. Which, maybe it is just your imagination, but the crack seems to be... smaller. In fact, you don't even see the spiderwebbing cracks you'd seen before, then realize that the crack is shrinking! In only a few seconds the damage is completely gone, the arch restored as if it were never damaged. “Good as new.”
“Woah!” Maz and Kayle exclaim, both transforming as well and punching a pair of nearby chairs. Two more loud cracks can be heard, you turning to them only to see them both looking surprised that their attacks didn't damage the chairs at all. “Wow.”
“So cool!” Maz exclaims, turning back to Chilli. “How does it do that?”
“Long story short, think of it like Dad's Soulstone.” Chilli explains, seeming rather proud of his work.. “I made a larger crystal beneath the ground that everything's connected to, with an excess of power stored within. And as long as there's magical energy within it, the damage that my crystals take will automatically repair.”
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