'Using the axe with the gauntlet feels all kinds of wrong. The cost is too much and the effect though nice, isn't nearly worth the cost of mana… no, it's Internal Energy now.' Kael was both thinking and analyzing his own shortcomings.
He sat on the broken bed with his elbows on his thighs for a moment, staring at his right arm like it had betrayed him personally.
The gauntlet was still warm in places, not enough to burn through the lining, but enough to remind him that every "clever" combination had a price.
With the new rune in hand, and the tool he obtained he is slightly stronger than before. New tools will always bring about Improvement. But the new tools need to be understood first to be used.
