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[color=00746b][b]NOLAN[/b][/color]
Maybe he should've kept the positive reinforcement to himself. One of Karn's sparkles hovered over to Nolan and hovered in place. Nolan glanced at it and then puffed a puff of ash, covering the sparkle and then causing it to fall to the ground like a stone. Thank god Karn was as naive as anyone could get or else he would've had to explain to him the risks of what Nolan was going to do in order to help them achieve greater power faster than they could hope to achieve in only two months. There was only the slightest tinge of guilt, but it was all for their benefit in the long run. What Karn didn't know won't hurt him. 

[color=00746b]"You just need to keep still and keep silent."[/color] Nolan stood up and walked over behind Karn and sat back down, placing his palms against Karn's back while chanting his usual mantra that Karn was just a man over and over again to get over the fact that Karn looked more like a woman than anything else. [color=00746b]"By the way this may hurt, a lot."[/color] Nolan's eyes dimly glowed white and the wandering spirits of the dead that were around them. The spirits were mostly beings that hide died so long ago and were stuck in purgatory because they could never fulfill what they wanted to do in life and now wandered around as beings of constant regret, never passing on. Perhaps it was selfish to use these sad souls for their personal gain, but they didn't care either way. The trapped souls had long lost their drive to keep on going so for them it could've been a blessing to finally no longer suffer. 

Like a magnet the souls were drawn over to Nolan and seeped through his skin. Never before had he ever experienced this kind of pain. It was like his entire body was being branded by searing hot flames from the inside and out, their magic circuits that their own magic energy flowed through seemed to feel like they were forcibly expanding with sharpened blades in them as if they were forcefully trying to push something open that naturally doesn't want to open. Red markings appeared around both Karn and Nolan's bodies. Nolan's eyes were starting to roll upward to the back of his head and he dug his fingernails into Karn's skin to keep himself in place to continue awakening both their origins. He wanted to scream so much, just let it all out, but he gritted his teeth and fought through the pain. If he lost concentration now then he would mess up and absorb one of the souls to prolong his own soul's life span or Karn's. If that happened then he will surely lose control. He knew that this was going to hurt, but not this much! This is the kind of pain that would drive a person insane if they experienced it longer than needed to. It was the momentary price to pay to gain immense power. 

How long was it? Five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour? They couldn't tell. No matter how long it lasted the pain made it seem like an eternity in hell with the devil looking down at them with a gleeful grin. When it was finally over, Nolan fell onto his back and panted heavily, sweat trickled down his now numb body. Then something strange happened; Nolan laughed. It wasn't a maniacal laugh or the laugh of a mad man. It was just sweet, sweet relief that it was over. Forcing himself up against a rock, he sat up and looked down at his hand, slowly, but surely moving it. It worked. It freaking worked! It went exactly how he studied on albeit using his own methods to get it done. [color=00746b]"Congrats Karn, you've just unlocked your Second Origin."[/color] With great relief he sighed heavily and closed his eyes.