I removed most of the muscle mass of my puppet, at this point it is almost entirely bone. Well, wood in the shape of bone, with strands of muscle like fibers connecting them together. There is just enough of those muscle like fibers to allow it to move quickly with its full range of motion, and no more. It can’t put much power behind anything, but it more than makes up for that in speed. Plus bulk costs quite a bit of mana, so I can use what I was spending on bulky muscles on things like improved utility or reinforcing the bones, if there is less space for me to armor then I need to spend less mana armoring it.

With this puppet, I did better than I did the previous two days of sparring. Which makes me think, what other extraneous things are there that I can cut out? The rib cage maybe? It’s not like there are any internal organs I need to worry about. The skull isn’t necessary either, or the neck for that matter. I could even replace the arms with weapons, if I design it right then I think I can get something able to use those weapons more effectively for less mana than I would spend on arms and a weapon. I wouldn’t have anything to block with though, so dodging would be even more important.

If I got the cost low enough would I be able to make two of them? Would two cheap ones be better than one more expensive one? I can definitely control two at once, that isn’t a question, but is it worth it? I have no idea.

Other than that I spent my downtime thinking. I found a nice creak to sit next to and just listened to the water while deep in my thoughts. It was meditative, almost. I definitely felt relaxed afterwards.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.