> Exhale, and take a moment to clear our mind to focus on the upcoming task at hand.
> Then, using what we have gleaned from the existence of the phantom sword, apply our knowledge of sword techniques and attempt to combined our human half and our phantom half into a single whole entity.
> You mostly empty your mind, a lot easier than the times you've tried before, beginning an attempt to combine your phantom half with your human half.
> You do remember the earlier failure of even getting your phantom half to engulf you, and Alice's spirit stuff, but they quickly trail off, like being swept away by a current thoughts. Who says you'll fail in the first place, this time?
> You feel something slip your hand a bit...
> A bit more. It feels like someone's tapping your arm. This is going to break your concentration...
>_