Alternate Ki

Harkel looked at Howard and didn't dare wait an extra second.

He knew that Howard would most likely do something stupid right now. After all, he was only sixteen years old. When he was sixteen, well over a thousand years ago, the last thing he would've said about himself at the time was that he made smart decisions!

Even though Howard had matured greatly, this was not a decision he could let Howard make! If he sacrificed himself for Jenny, he had a high chance of dying. The reason for this was that they had no idea what 'Oclen's new abilities could be. 

If he had some type of spatial ability, if Howard got too close it could mean his death. If he was an expert at arrays, he could trap Howard in an array 10,00 times worse than anything Gorgolith could have ever imagined! But the worst possibility was that he killed Howard! Howard had just learned a domain, and if he died, even if he revived, it would have a lasting impact on his ability to activate the domain!