With the help of the Hollow Avatar, the Conclave's psychological attacks — whatever Veilcraft variations Orath might deploy — would find no substrate to operate on. Pain would become information rather than an overwhelming sensation, which meant I could fight through injuries that would shut down an ordinary practitioner.
The forty percent reduction in Anima consumption was substantial on its own, particularly given the cracked Anima Depth's reduced budget.
And the hollow operated on pre-set commands. The lightning-encoded Fight command that had carried the headless body through thirty seconds of combat after my brain was gone, the hollow had executed that command without needing me. I could prepare combat sequences before entering the state, and the hollow would run them while my conscious mind was effectively absent.
