Sirius had an almost imperceptible, small smile…
"Your wolf struggles when using pure light, but your tiger's affinity easily covers that blind spot," Sirius explained briskly, laying out his observations. "My beasts operate on the same principle... The difference is that when you fuse them, you achieve complete, multi-elemental equilibrium across all seven domains, exactly like our General Ren does. So you have much more potential than I do, Luna, even only within the specific domain of shadows. In your hands, this artifact gives our side a much higher ceiling."
Yet, there was a deeper layer to the exchange, a quiet current of emotion that Sirius did not voice, but which Luna, knowing her father as well as she did, read perfectly between the lines.
