Star Force: Sav (SF51) by Aer-ki Jyr

with.
    They spent nearly four hours in a mental chess game as
they tried to line up their minds with one another, then finally they achieved
the handshake and locked up, with one’s body/mind mimicking the other by
registering it as their own. It was essentially a forced Ikrid glitch, but a
very useful one, not only in that it could help share triggers but that it
completely bypassed the Ikrid blocks and allowed one to read another, not by
requisition of data but by continuously transmitting everything .
    Once the two men had that link established they
remained still, Wilson focusing on holding the twin link while Jason began
adjusting himself to the Pren trigger…without jeopardizing the link. That was
very delicate work, but he’d done this so many times with others in sharing Battlemeld
that he knew how far to press before the twin link would break on his end. It
was Wilson that was the unknown factor, but the man was a beast in anything
training related and held his end up admirably.
    A little less than an hour later and Jason successfully
held himself aligned to Pren long enough for it to register in Wilson’s mind,
making his subconscious think that he was actually in that required state. When
that happened his trigger activated and Jason immediately felt the instability
surge inside both of them.
    The trailblazer broke the twin link, knowing that it
would interfere with the process. Wilson had to chase it, and Jason’s presence
would be a stabilizing point that would essentially weigh him down. That said , he was going to help him, so once he broke the link he
reached with his Ikrid and transmitted like a beacon a stable point into his
mind for him to use, but otherwise staying out of the process. This was
Wilson’s battle to fight, as it should be.
    It took him a long time to increase the instability,
and Jason felt him almost lose it several times, but whenever that happened Wilson
used Jason’s mental anchor to effectively reset the ascension process and try
again. He was learning each time without losing the trigger activation, which
impressed Jason thoroughly after he reached out and made physical contact to
monitor what was happening more closely. Wilson only had one
ascension under his belt to date, and he was showing considerable skill
navigating the process despite his ‘newb’ status…and on top of that he wasn’t
even an Archon.
    There were a handful of trusted individuals who had
gotten the psionic carwash, but only two had been given battlemeld…Wilson and
Davis. Paul had offered it to Vermaire, but he’d declined stating he didn’t
want anyone in his head. That was typical Black Knight, to the core.
    Davis had taken some 18 tries to eventually get the
battlemeld, underscoring the fact that it was something he wasn’t ready for and
reinforcing the Archons’ ranger 50 minimum benchmark for
sharing the ability . They didn’t regret sharing it with Davis, for he
was a very special case, but those who weren’t Archons and didn’t earn it were
so mentally inexperienced in such training disciplines that it was going to be
difficult for them to achieve the ascension, even with help.
    Wilson was no exception, but how he went about working
the problem was the impressive part. He was literally learning how to fight as
he fought, which truly showed his caliber in a way that Jason nor any of the other
Archons had ever seen before…which only added to his already considerable
respect for the man.
    Jason sat and gave him the mental anchor for more than
5 hours before Wilson’s headband started flashing 3 red and he eventually let
go of his wrist, breaking the Ikrid connection.
    Viewed from the outside Wilson was sitting perfectly
still, then blinked his eyes a few times before opening them and craning his
head up towards the ceiling and stretching his neck against the pain Jason knew
was coursing through his head.
    “Got it,” the head trainer said. “Thank you.”
    “Well done. I’ve never