Nico swirled the milkshake in his cup while looking at Peko with a thoughtful expression before finally breaking the comfortable silence that had settled over the gazebo after they had all disclosed their entire skill sets to each other.
"So you can extract memories using your darkness affinity… but your control over it is shaky."
"Yes… It is a Tier 7 spell, and I am currently only Tier 6, Early-Stage… I can use it forcefully, but the resulting trauma will kill the target. The same applies to wiping or altering someone's memory."
Nico leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers against the plastic cup as he processed the logistics of cultivating Peko.
Magic Beasts take ten times more resources and time than any other species to progress through their Tiers, but on the flip side, they are much stronger and have access to their innate abilities and affinities.
