An excerpt from the Imperial Bestiary of the Howling Sky Dukedom.
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In the jungle ruins of the Quivering Leaf Empire, there is a species of monkey known as the Martial Mimic Monkey.
This strange monkey has the uncanny ability to copy any aether art it has witnessed once, down to a near perfect degree.
To an extent.
The quality of the aether arts this species can mimic is highly dependent on their individual tier.
A majority of these monkeys only ever reach the Third Tier, making them able to mimic major Corporeal arts at best.
However, it is believed that if a Martial Mimic Monkey ever reaches a higher tier then they would be able to mimic even more powerful aether arts.
Of course, such a thing is completely pure speculation due to the fact that no third tier Martial Mimic Monkeys exist in any capacity, natural or otherwise.
Perhaps it could be considered a truth of the world: those who merely copy without understanding can never achieve greatness, or something like that?
