Daruun, Spirit Scientist

"Now, Jack," turning his attention back to Jack, Daruun stated, "There are still some minor things that you need to do and a few immediate goals to focus on."

"Like?" Jack asked, eager to hear more of Daruun's opinion.

"Obtaining new skills should be the last of your priorities. For now, you'll need to focus on leveling yourself and your guild. You've already taken advantage of your system's sentience to create your first skill, so that should be enough for now."

"My system's sentience? What--"

"For a system as complex as yours, it would be impossible for it to not gain sentience as you grow stronger," reasoned Daruun. "It's only just begun to gain its own intelligence but it's still one-hundred percent dependent on you to exist. The system and you are practically one and the same on a technical level, so think of it as your literal conscience gradually coming into existence until there's a literal voice in your head."

"Still… isn't that--"