The rain had stopped a while before dawn, and the morning that followed was reminiscent of those that come after heavy rainfall: it felt cleaner, cooler, and carried the fresh scent of stone that had been washed and was now drying in the light.
Before Rex knew anything else, he could see the aftermath of the rain from the guest room window. The Foresight had been active throughout the night, tracking the weather even as he slept and woke.
He sat up and ran a quick internal inventory.
The inventory was satisfactory across all categories. The integration of Elemental Mastery had been stabilizing throughout the night, which the acquisition notes indicated was a typical aspect of layered skills.
In practice, it made him feel as though he woke up with a larger vocabulary than he had when he went to sleep. It was a familiar sensation of expanded access, yet without the disorientation typically associated with learning something new.
