>Assume Golden Eternal Glory, or at least mimic it.
> Where the Shrine Maiden's stance is clearly magical, your mastery of your own Qi is superb.
> You focus,
focus on your chakras, making minute changes here and their to their output and flow direction, unlocking pathways rarely-used, and certainly never in such a configuration. As you shape the flows and ripples of your body's energy into a pattern indistinguishable to that of the Shrine Maiden's, you
feel the changes rushing over you, as if you are no longer tapping into just yourself but into a greater force. Where earlier you may have stumbled and failed, now it is something that feels inconceivable.
> Developed Stance:
Hieda's Eternal Triumph. Complexity:
5. Those who strive will succeed. The user of this stance automatically succeeds on their first chosen action of every turn, and on their first reaction on an opponent's turn.
> The Shrine Maiden's serene expression breaks for a moment in wonder at your stance.
> "Glorious. You are truly peerless amongst the mortals in this world."
> She makes a single short step forward and, sinking low, makes a single strike towards you from three metres away. You can tell that the force of the blow will extend far beyond the Shrine Maiden's physical reach - it's an attack from range!