The Hidden World of Nitea [2 | The Other Realms Series]

Chapter Eight

It was Thursday, 4:45 a.m. Nitean Capital Time, five minutes before Eddie's private lesson with Giorgino was scheduled to start. Eddie entered the practice room and closed the door behind him. He then made a short bow. "Good morning, Elder."

Giorgino glanced up from his phone. "Good morning Eddie," he greeted. "The wake shake's on the table on your right. We'll start once you're ready."

Eddie nodded his head and walked towards his right. A tall glass of thick, chocolate beverage sat atop a small table. Eddie removed his messenger bag and placed it on the table as he picked up the glass and drank. Once he was done, he retrieved his homework from his bag and presented it to his mentor.

"Actually, you don't need to give that to me," Giorgino said.

Eddie raised an eyebrow. "But I thought you said I should write a hundred words using telekinesis?"

"I wanted you to do it right in front of me," Giorgino clarified. "Sorry, I should've been clearer."

A desk, pen, and sheet of paper were summoned into existence. Giorgino made a gesture. Eddie sat at the desk, picked up the pen with his right hand, and wrote. He relaxed his arm once he was done.

Giorgino then snatched the pen out of Eddie's hand and placed it a forearm's length away from him. "Now write the same thing, with telekinesis."

Eddie obeyed. He stared at the sheet of paper as he controlled the stylus, monitoring the way it glided over the surface. It took him only a few seconds longer to finish writing.

His mentor picked up the page, folded it, and then stored it in his pocket. "Alright. Now let's start."

The desk and stylus vanished into thin air. Eddie stood a few meters from his mentor as the lesson commenced.

"So one of the reasons why telekinesis is so powerful is because of its sub-skills," Giorgino began. "Yesterday, I saw you used one of them: telekinetic sight. Did anyone tell you about it?"

Eddie shook his head. "No, I figured it out myself."

"Wow, you really are gifted," Giorgino commented. "Anyway, telekinetic sight is just one of the many sub-skills a telekinetic can have. I will demonstrate the rest."

Rumble. The room shook and shifted as the smooth floor morphed into soil. A massive mountain rose from the ground, forming a few kilometers from where they stood. Giorgino turned to his side, rose his arm, and concentrated. Rumble. The mountain moved to its right as though a giant was pushing it.

"Macro-scale telekinesis, or 'macro-kinesis' as some people call it. It allows you to move gigantic bodies as a single mass rather than a collection of parts."

The room then returned to its normal state. A block of metal appeared in Giorgino's hand. Eddie watched as it thinned and lengthened into a long, sharp blade. His mentor then swiped his hand over it. The blade melted into molten metal.

"Micro-scale telekinesis, or 'micro-kinesis.' Allows you to manipulate objects as small as atoms. Perfect for changing the shape, structure, or state of matter of an object."

Crrrck! Several forces seized Eddie's body and trapped him like a bug encased in amber. Eddie pushed against them with all his might, but he could not move a single muscle.

"Telekinetic paralysis. If you can use your hands to move objects, you can also use them to hold them still."

The tension soon left Eddie's body as Giorgino released his grasp. His mentor then went on, "There are other sub-skills besides the one I showed you earlier, but I can't do them. One of them is telekinetic healing."