Bruce's powers returning felt akin to a fish being returned to water, or a mammal coming up for air. Sensing the earth again was like having his heart restarted. 

He took a breath to reconcile with the volume of his Ki. A chain shot out and snagged the sharp end of Nexus' notched projectile in one link. It was whipped to one side to the floor. 

He dissipated the blades Nexus had broken, forging fresh one that had all the teachings he'd acquired backed by his fullest power. The valleys and peaks of his Ki were imperceptibly small, but strong. Bruce crouched like a sprinter, the material he'd scattered earlier gathering rapidly into a small ramp that he kicked off of to sprint after Nexus. 

There wasn't time to pause or talk.

Bruce's skin turned a darker hue, hardening into his Sage state as he leveled a flying diagonal slash at his opponent. Chains hovered at the ready from beneath his left sleeve. 

[color=0072bc][i]'My resolve has to go further.'[/i][/color]