I knelt in the center of the space he'd cleared for me and drew a circle around myself. It was freehand, but it was still pretty good. I've had lots of practice.
"You can also make permanent circles, painted or made of a thin band of metal, and you can even use circles that already exist- it's the shape that's important. As long as it's clearly visible, it'll work."
I carefully placed a beer bottle in the center of the circle, stepped out of the boundary, then fished in my pocket again.
"Step two- blood. Not a whole lot. A drop. Just enough to connect the construct with your life energy."
As I spoke, I pulled out a small pocket knife and handed it to him, still closed.
"The next bit is where the willpower comes in. What you have to do is will a barrier into being. Imagine an invisible force field coming from the boundary of the circle, if it helps. And you touch the blood to the circle, releasing that willpower along with the blood."
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I knelt in the center of the space he'd cleared for me and drew a circle around myself. It was freehand, but it was still pretty good. I've had lots of practice.
"You can also make permanent circles, painted or made of a thin band of metal, and you can even use circles that already exist- it's the shape that's important. As long as it's clearly visible, it'll work."
I carefully placed a beer bottle in the center of the circle, stepped out of the boundary, then fished in my pocket again.
"Step two- blood. Not a whole lot. A drop. Just enough to connect the construct with your life energy."
As I spoke, I pulled out a small pocket knife and handed it to him, still closed.
"The next bit is where the willpower comes in. What you have to do is will a barrier into being. Imagine an invisible force field coming from the boundary of the circle, if it helps. And you touch the blood to the circle, releasing that willpower along with the blood."