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âCould this new sense be connected to your ability to adapt?â
âI canât rule it out, but nothing I experienced suggested that. It was just there to grab hold of, and I guess I did to get behind you faster.â
âInstinctively?â
âUltra Instinct, actually. I think I slipped into it.â
âAnd accessed something you didnât consciously know you had?â
Paul locked eyes with Cal-com. âThatâs what he meant. The pressure blinds you. Ultra Instinct has to be slightly relaxed. You need full control, and taking on challenges stretches you too far for that.â
âYou have to be OP?â
âThatâs as simple an explanation as you can get. And if I donât know what abilities I have, that doesnât mean I canât use them if I act on instinct rather than knowledge that I donât have,â Paul said with a laugh. âWhen in doubt, shoot about. Even if I donât have a target. I have been pushing too hard pressing limits without ever stopping to search myself for something that wasnât designed to activate when a new skill level was reached.â
âPsionics triggers.â
Paul nodded. âWhat it took to find them isnât the way to discover everything else. What ifâŠwhat if my Saiyan genetics never stabilized because I never gave them a chance to? No, thatâs not right. I did try, and every time I had to speed back up. Did the rest change my genetics, or did my genetic change allow the rest?â
âYou relaxed first. Fell asleep before you started blacking out. The first change occurred during that sleep, but it wasnât the first time you slept. I do not know what kept you asleep longer than normal.â
âThat seems like a lifetime ago,â Paul said, laying back and looking up at the sky as his arms continued to annoyingly hurt. âIf I broke through into something new before, I didnât notice it. That means it didnât hurt and it didnât trigger my changes. No blackouts. The second time Harvey did something to expand my peep hole into it so I wouldnât lose it again. Then the fireworks started.â
âPerhaps he triggered the initial alteration.â
âOr gave me a push,â Paul said, suddenly jumping to his feet. âAdaptation occurs in response to a need. Generation after generation adapt through reproduction by passing on some of the changes to our offspring. In this way a race adapts over time. All people are structured this way. Even plants are designed to change over time, though thatâs based on pre-programming rather than training effect. Still, the universe is structured on adaptation and change. Can you name anything that is static?â
âThings that are not alive,â Cal-com wisely pointed out.
âTrue. And plants, while not people and not truly alive, are designed to facilitate those who are. The Life Springs spawn both the apple tree and the ones who eat the apples, and the inherent design is based on the same philosophy. An upward change. Adaptation doesnât go in reverse.â
âIs it possible you are tapping into the Life Springs?â
Paul squinted funny as he looked at the sand. âThat doesnât quite feel right, but I think it is relatedâŠsomehow.â
âYou believe you were able to adapt in a surge, and that caused the rest of the cascade to take place?â
âHarvey did this to me, but if heâs telling the truth it was going to happen anyway and he just made sure it happened now rather than later. What if this is a plateau break?â
âYour genetics no longer read as Human. And those genetic limitations you had peaked out are now altered to allow you to go further. Perhaps adaptation had multiple avenues of advancement and you have discovered a more powerful one.â
âOne that can massively rewrite genetic code?â
âIf it can do so in small ways, why not large ones?â
âIf that is true, then it must be tailored specifically to me. The changes have to be linked to what I did.â
âWhat have you done with your eyes to warrant the zooming upgrade?â
âOther than some focusing exercises to see if I could enhance them, nothing. Theyâre sensors, not muscles.â
âDid you ever wish to have an ocular zoom?â
Paul fell silent for a moment, then glanced up at Cal-com. âDid you sense any Essence use in me when I was blacked out?â
âNo, but I also didnât look for it. If I can only see inefficient use, perhaps this is something it is designed for.â
âHarvey said adaptation wasnât about Essence, but what if Essence can be used to alter genetics? To allow you to adapt in a way thatâs not normal. I can enhance the growth of a plant by imbuing it with Essence. What if I accidentally imbued myself so much that I triggered a transformation based on my subconscious needs or wishes?â
âThat could explain the Hadarak Spice Lords.â
âI was thinking the same thing. How do you do genetic research inside a star or black hole? What if there was a ânaturalâ way to do it. Weâve seen other races with the ability to steal genetic code and incorporate it into themselves. Essence enhances everything else, why not this or something like it?â
âDid the Neofan mention anything about this?â
âNot a whisper. Either they are keeping it to themselves or they donât know. But they did say that when a Life Spring occurs there is an Essence Rush. A huge one. So adaptation might not be caused by Essence, but I bet there is a correlation there, and I may have stumbled onto one and accidentally kicked in the other. Damn it, my arms still hurt and theyâre not getting better.â
Cal-com mentally signaled for his two sentinels to return to his shoulders where they transformed into one solid mantle, and from which he extended a tether down his arm to his hand, which he think put gently around one of Paulâs arms to make the physical connection.
âThere is a
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