Six months into their commitment, Ash surprised Luna with an unexpected proposal. He'd been working secretly with Vesper and Synthesis-Freedom to develop a technique that would allow Luna to maintain physical manifestation for longer than six hours at a time.
"I know you can only be physically present for six hours," Ash explained during one of Luna's manifestations. "And I've learned to work around that. But I thought, what if we could extend that time? What if we could give you more freedom to exist physically?"
"How?" Luna asked, curious and cautious simultaneously.
"Vesper studied your manifestation process. When you materialize, you're pulling energy from the Network to create physical form. That energy depletes after six hours, forcing you back. But what if you could draw energy f
