Nanami doubts he'll master domain amplification. Everyone has limits, even grade one sorcerers. It's why there are so many more of them than special grade sorcerers. There aren't even—weren't even—many special grade cursed spirits, even if they greatly outnumber special grade sorcerers. Most things, under normal circumstances, grade one sorcerers can handle. Home simply isn't normal right now.

"I didn't know I could get this far, physically, when I started," Nanami says. "Thought I would always be lean." He laughs. It's not something he's talked about much with, well, anyone. Who talks about their physique like that? "The water's warm."