Malakai spent hours getting used to his new power.
He had spent the better part of this time learning how to use his body effectively. His evolution had brought about so many changes that it was hard to keep track of them all.
Malakai had trained for years to reach his current level of battle prowess, and had shaped his body through pain, repetition, and discipline.
But this sudden boost in power forced him to retrain and refine three essential aspects of his body.
The first was his muscle memory and combat rhythm.
His body had been calibrated for a specific level of strength and speed. With this sudden increase, his strikes, movements, and reactions became too forceful, too fast, threatening to throw off his balance and accuracy.
The bursts Malakai had gained from the Devil's Fruit were always temporary, and even those had taken time to master. But this? This was his new baseline. And he had to master it all over again.
