Happy Medium

Kamui's head tilted slightly to the side as Sophia waved her tails around and seemed to marvel at just how much energy she had at her disposal to play around with. The mountain was a spiritual hot bed, not so dissimilar from Karakura, and the sheer immensity of it had apparently not been lost on Sophia. The school on the top of the mountain where Kamui had sent Yuki off to, while its population being a fraction of Karakura or Seireitei itself, had kept the hollow population to a minimum on the mountain. It would seem that, unlike her partner, she had picked up on just how potent the very air was for a Shinigami and the sheer vibrant nature of the woman's reishi tails was demonstrating that. As such, it was coincidentally the best place to practice the particular brand of madness that they were attempting to embark upon. Kamui was almost jealous. He was a being that held neither Reiatsu nor could he truly really feel it. His body recognized it as energy, but he'd never see the world in the same scope Sophia would, none of his people would until they took their own world back. As such, to Kamui this was a mountain and not a whole lot else. However, her reaction provoked a laugh from Kamui. He was not entirely sure what about their interactions made her think that he was an overly serious individual. Power manifested in many forms and not all of them mandated a frown.

"Sophia, did you know that procrastination is actually healthy in moderation? There have been quite a few studies on the topic. Being able to divert attention from a difficult task and muse over and complete simpler tasks actually allows you to develop quite a bit of added productivity toward your main goal. You'll never be scolded by me for letting your mind wander in non-critical situations. If you take everything too seriously, you'll die having never enjoyed anything."

Kamui's head tilted further at her next proposal however, as she asked for his best shot. That was a...brave request. Though, Kamui had a general idea of how to approach this. Sagumi had liked this mountain, that's why there were two artifacts located here and in time, Kamui would bring Sophia to her own, but at the moment he was not entirely sure that she was able to claim it. If he had his way after today though, she would be on her way to doing so. However, no training would be complete without a lot of theoretical monologues and Sophia was going to in no way be exempt from that.

"I am not a Shinigami, so correct me if I'm wrong, but there are two ways in which to cast a Kido spell. The first is to use an incantation and channel the power of the spell through the words. The second is to forgo the incantation and settle for a weaker, but easier to use variant."

As Kamui spoke, Sophia would notice energy, psions to be specific, coalescing around Kamui's hand. It was an Ancient Magic, Steel Qiqong, as the energy began swirling around Kamui's hands, ramping up the energy and prospective destructive power swirling around Kamui's hands. Ancient Magic wasn't his forte, his advent of the Modern Magic system was definitely more his style, but he could hardly be considered un-proficient at it. Sugiuran Magic was a little too different than Shinigami Kido to really offer direct instruction for her. He was not going to be able to teach her his own abilities, but he hopefully would be able to put obstacles in her way for her to power through while pushing her toward what she needed to learn.

"You sacrifice power for speed...but what if you didn't have to sacrifice two seconds of muttering to yourself? The chant is a medium...but you can already form Reishi around your hands like a glove. That denotes a level of control beyond what a Shinigami is typically capable of. Why limit yourself to only having a chant as a medium?"

Kamui moved quickly. She had seen him move at maximum speed before and this wasn't it, but it was still fast enough to give even the most devout speedsters pause. The cyclone of energy around Kamui's fist would lash out, snaking forward to strike the Reiatsu enhanced palms before him, looking to test just how strong the energy she had managed to gather there was. Regardless of how well the energy held up though, the sheer force from Kamui's blow, if Sophia decided to block it, would be enough to push her back quite a few feet and potentially even remove her of her balance. If he ever hoped to teach her to use her Hakuda as a medium for her Kido, they were going to have to make sure she was proficient enough in both to even dream of combining them.