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While Emma spoke with Arete, she had to focus on something she'd been mostly forgetting. She had to master the last stage of her body as far up as she could go. This would prove useful later on.[1/9] Emma seemed surprised to see what she'd be learning. Beyond just changing her body, she was going to enhance it. This was truly an impressive body![2/9] Emma tested minor modifications here and there as a test. As far as she observed, thsi wouldn't take much longer. Just a bit of practice would suffice.[3/9] The gears in Emma's body turned at a rapid pace as she flicked through information. This was going to be an exhausting work-out. She knew well enough the dangers, so she was ready.[4/9] The first thing on the list was to release the safety limiters that prevented her from attacking randoms at full force. It was an odd feeling, but Emma quickly acclimated to it. She'd never in a million years assumed this was where she'd end up.[5/9] Emma's smile grew as she neared the finish. The flow of information began to slow as Emma picked up on the last bits of it. This worked for her, and better than expected.[6/9] Emma released a few more limiters and felt her body lighten. This was...unusual. She felt like she was just another human again.[7/9] Emma looked at her arms and legs for a moment to see if she was alright. After a few practice moves she noticed that she was moving at her normal speed with increased strength. With the limiters off she could reach her previous potential. This was a perfect situation.[8/9] Emma turned the limiters back on before she overheated herself. She had to keep calm and think about her next move. There was so much to learn, but...where to start?[9/9]

Emma took a deep breath and released every limiter she had once more. The shock it sent through her entire body made her shiver...such power! Emma didn't know how she was going to control it for now, but she liked it.[1/5] Emma saw that when flying her speed matched her strength in terms of ability. She gave it a rest as she sensed something was wrong. She knew all of that power had a drawback.[2/5] Emma saw overstressing the body when she removed her limiter. She'd have to give the boost a rest considering. Emma shut it down with no problems.[3/5] After shutting it down, Emma's body went in to a cooldown stage for a second. After it was over, Emma mulled over what she learned. This would be useful, but extremely risky to use.[4/5] Regardless of the danger, Emma counted it as something else learned. She would engrave this one in to her memory because of how interesting it was. But there were more moves than just that.[5/5]

Emma watched nanos writhe around in her hand as she moved on. This move was going to be fun, but rather destructive. This was something meant to destroy unground barriers, actually.[1/5] A miniature pile bunker...Emma wouldn't have believed it at first. Now she saw the nanos coming to form the shape of a pump with a spike. Just as Emma believed, it could be fired with enough speed to crush a door.[2/5] The weapon was extremely heavy...it made Emma feel constantly slower. As long as she was flying, however, she could deal with it. It seemed like there was no way to get ahead in speed with this style.[3/5] Emma dismissed the nanos, not wanting to test the strength of the weapon. She could feel its potential, so she left it alone. It wasn't really needed to strike something.[4/5] Emma silently contemplated her next move. They were getting interesting, and she was finding things in her body she didn't know were installed. It was becoming more fun instead of more of a chore.[5/5]

The next move was one that could be used to incinerate things...or people. It condensed a laser down to a small size, and in doing so, increased the heat. Not bad at all, but the drawback was.[1/5] Emma was going to burn her eye using the skill, so it'd need time to repair. Emma rolled her shoulders and sighed. This one was going to be a bit less fun.[2/5] The one thing she was grateful for was the weight. Using this skill meant she wasn't weighed down...and that was a good thing. She couldn't use it, however.[3/5] Emma didn't want to accidently blast Arete or Darion, so she let it be. Instead, she was content to know that using the skill would burn a hole through a wall. Very effective, but very prone to drawbacks.[4/5] Emma would need a better way to use this skill. As she checked over what she could learn, she found that the next skill was almost the same thing. The difference? This one was safer.[5/5]

Emma picked up on this one fast. All she had to do was transform her arm first. The nanomachines picked up on that and covered her entire right arm until it was a very sleek looking weapon.[1/3] The next step was to fire to see the difference in power, but Emma was just going to guess. By her calculations, if this was uncondensed then it would be much weaker, but far quicker. She'd have to remember that when she was playing keep-away.[2/3] Emma swiped her arm and away when the nanos. She only had one skill left that was available to her. It'd be useful for people trying to twist her neck.[3/3]

The circuits in Emma's body were static. This meant that one wrong twist and she'd deactivate pretty good. Emma had to remedy this, and quickly.[1/5] As Emma studied the skill she noticed she could use it to also fight. She could spin her pile bunker until it became a drill, or her chainsaws. Without fighting with it, it was purely for safety.[2/5] Emma gave it a try, but shifting the circuits so unprofessionally made her head fall off. She picked it up and sighed, embarrassed. She needed to do that again, the right way.[3/5] Emma put her head back on and worked to fix herself. The circuits moved back in to position this time around. Although not the outcome she looked for, Emma mastered the skill.[4/5] That was everything Emma was provided with. She'd worked through every possible skill, so now she could rest. To her, she earned one.[5/5]