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[h3]~Temporary Campsite~[/h3]
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[i]Throat Pouch:[/i]
- x1 Mana Crystal
- x5 Nothing
[i]Rawhide Backpack[/i]
- x5 Nothing
[b]Equipped:[/b]
 - Fresh Tree Branch (Average)
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This was...!

Progress!

As she willed the square to center itself as the nucleus, Ash could feel a certain weight to be added to the orb. Activating [i]Mana Sense,[/i] as well as [i]Magic Analysis[/i], she studied the resulting 'Dense Mana Orb'. The more information she could have, the better. Now, she didn't get any sort of notification that it was a new skill, or even an upgrade from the Mana Orb. Perhaps this was a thing she'd have to tweak each time she made the 'Dense Mana Orb'? Only one way to find out.

Ash Lobbed the Mana Orb at the far wall, wishing she was able to take that Frog as a test subject. It'd help with determining damage thresholds and status effects, having a live creature she was able to constantly test on. She'd need to find one. Next, she'd attempt the same process of turning a Mana orb into a 'Dense Mana Orb', faster this time with as little thinking behind it at possible. If she could commit things to Procedural memory, she could cut down on 'casting time', as it were.

She would continue this experiment until a new skill ticked over, or she ran out of MP. In either case, she would then Meditate to refill her Mana before she started on her next task.

Trying to turn a Mana Orb into a 'Fire Orb'.