Theo staggered his step, slightly taken aback by the sudden prompt.
It wasn't that he didn't expect the hive to scan the runes off the egg, but to have it do it so readily?
'Yeah, do you even need to ask?' Theo asked in his thoughts, holding himself back from rolling his eyes as he reaffirmed his step and continued to walk ahead as if nothing ever happened. 'And, as usual, get it all sorted before displaying.'
For a moment, the mana within Theo's body stirred, the hive slowly adapting to the presence of this convenient energy. Next, for but a single moment, all the mana within his cultivation came to a complete stop…
Only to then start flowing through the structure again, as if nothing ever happened to it at all.
