Alexander stared at Michelle's unconscious form for a while before turning his gaze to the two black clouds above her. She succeeded. At least partly.
The question was whether the clouds would stay around until she woke up.
Alexander retracted the Inner Shadow and waited for Michelle to wake up.
She remained asleep for a long time, over five hours, but the whole time, the two clouds stayed around.
When Michelle woke up, she stared at the two clouds, narrowing her eyes. "So, how does this relate to creating the Liquid Shadow?" she asked, directing her gaze at Alexander.
"Well..." Alexander started. "This is already the first stage of the skill. You are able to reshape it just like the Liquid Shadow, but this will always remain more of a gas than a liquid. No one ever bothered to name it since it's basically useless, but when talking about it, people refer to it as Gas Shadow."
Michelle raised a brow. "And how do I make Liquid Shadow out of it?"
