"Yes, you can only practice making a few runes on this parchment at max. But you—you on the other hand, were making nine. Of course, it will explode." She softly chuckled.
Orion spread out his hand, "Then what am I supposed to do? I feel like I'm doing it the right way, but I can't be sure."
She gave a wry smile. "You weren't wrong in your formation—it's just that the medium wasn't made to handle your scale of output. This is why real Affinity Runes are formed directly inside the Sea of Consciousness. There, your mana capacity sets the limits, not the material."
"...Then what should I do?" he blinked.
She reached into her desk and handed him a stack of high-grade training parchment, laced with mana-stabilizing veins. "Try again with these. They won't explode... unless you do something really wrong."
Orion grinned, feeling like a weight had lifted off his chest. "Thanks, Grandma."
