[It's very difficult to remember what had been such a common thing with Toshio.
The memories so fragmented. What it simply had felt like.
It's not Haki. The paper stays cool to his touch and he frowns and concentrates and reaches out with Haki to feel Itachi.
It never feels like Haki when Itachi is working genjutsu or ninjutsu and Law's had his own awareness trained on him. Similar, yes, but something more added to the mix.
Water and blood. Haki is water and chakra is blood.
He has to pour something else into it.
Law's not sure how much time is passing because he's slipping into himself. Down, down, as other memories come to a head.
His memories of the aftermath of his first kidnapping. The Haki awakened the first time. Katara.
'Your chi's... turbulent.'
'you're going to need to find a way to focus it. This can't be good for you. It's like an unstable heartbeat.'
'I'm going to try something, okay? You focus inward.'
He focuses inward.
'Do you feel the way your chi is moving now? I know Zoro could do it...'
'I'm going to do this slowly, so you can concentrate on what it feels like.'
He remembers that. How she had helped him bring it under control and showed him how to do it on his own.
And he applies that lesson here and it is so, so difficult. So much harder. But not impossible.
Not after wrestling with Haki and his Devil Fruit. Different things, but just close enough.
It's so hard. But there's the tiniest bit of warmth underneath his fingertips now.]
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The memories so fragmented. What it simply had felt like.
It's not Haki. The paper stays cool to his touch and he frowns and concentrates and reaches out with Haki to feel Itachi.
It never feels like Haki when Itachi is working genjutsu or ninjutsu and Law's had his own awareness trained on him. Similar, yes, but something more added to the mix.
Water and blood. Haki is water and chakra is blood.
He has to pour something else into it.
Law's not sure how much time is passing because he's slipping into himself. Down, down, as other memories come to a head.
His memories of the aftermath of his first kidnapping. The Haki awakened the first time. Katara.
'Your chi's... turbulent.'
'you're going to need to find a way to focus it. This can't be good for you. It's like an unstable heartbeat.'
'I'm going to try something, okay? You focus inward.'
He focuses inward.
'Do you feel the way your chi is moving now? I know Zoro could do it...'
'I'm going to do this slowly, so you can concentrate on what it feels like.'
He remembers that. How she had helped him bring it under control and showed him how to do it on his own.
And he applies that lesson here and it is so, so difficult. So much harder. But not impossible.
Not after wrestling with Haki and his Devil Fruit. Different things, but just close enough.
It's so hard. But there's the tiniest bit of warmth underneath his fingertips now.]