THe ruby-category snorted. "How do you know about talents, and they aren't relevant to you, gold-category. Unless you fought 5 categories up."

I withdrew most of my aura, making the talent seem more prominent.

"What the hell! A gold-category with a talent!"

His voice was raised too high for me, so I clogged my ears with aura.

His voice was now conversational.

"You must be an expert gold-category. Honestly, I don't know too much about them, as I'm only ruby 6. Ruby 8 is where talents become relevant, with on average a few million years before you gain one. That's where information is mostly unblocked."

He pulled out a paper and started scribbling.

He gave it to me. "Give this note to that ruby-category over there. He's ruby 9, and on my team. He'll explain," The ruby 6 said, as he pointed at this person a hundred or so miles away. I thanked him then jogged to the other ruy-category. I tried to read the note, but looking at it gave me a headache.

I got there and handed off the note. The new ruby-category was much calmer.

"Well, a talent is what happens when the soul is powerful enough to provide another buff.Usually, it's unlocked at jade-category. To a normal-category, you have to fight 6 categories up, under diamond has to fight 5 up, and most things over diamond are 3 up, but ruby-categories have to fight a jade-category, and it's automatically unlocked for a jade-category. Basically, the soul is powerful enough to give another bonus. It's shaped by you mainly, making no 2 talents alike. Actually, there's an official count of those with talents on Glassfay, and the number of talents is 527. I'm sure you can ask Wopoimcl Starstash, who you seem to know, for more details."

I just realized the odd feeling I had was because the ruby-category was investigating my aura.