THUD!
Neo's knee buckled after a full one minute. He had no idea what happened.
One moment, he felt unstoppable. The next, his strength vanished, as if he'd run a marathon without a single drop of water.
'What the hell…?' His breath came in ragged gasps as he struggled to stay upright.
His vision blurred for a second, and a sharp pain shot through his head.
Was it the transformation? Or something else?
His claws scraped against the cold floor as he tried to push himself up, but his body refused to move the way he wanted.
[DING!]
[Host absorbed incomplete parts, resulting in severe backlash and certain limitations.]
'Shit, so that's how it is,' he sighed, turning off the transformation.
The moment his body returned to normal, the uncomfortable sensation faded.
'Looks like partial absorption isn't enough,' he thought. If he wanted full control over the ability, he needed to either absorb more or find another way to stabilize it.
