Blood...

As Alex called upon the infant human-shaped Blood Origin inside of his Spiritual Sea, the first thing he felt was his heartbeat.

Badum-dum! Badum! Badum-badum! Badum-dum!

His heart started beating in a strange rhythm, one that almost seemed to put him in a lull. The strange rhythm pushed and pulled blood in his heart and throughout his body, at the same time activating the Blood Aura it carried.

Then came the change.

Mental pain struck Alex, for reasons beyond his understanding. A sudden strain grabbed hold of his mind, amplified by the fact that he had a seal around it at the moment.

Pain though it was, Alex could feel it having some positive effects as well.

The pain seemed to help him focus, as if he had been close to sleeping this entire time and had finally managed to wake up.

Badum-dum! Badum! Badum-badum! Badum-dum!