"Okay, so. You just get good at specific skills and the Golden Core just... shows up, there's no specific process? You definitely make it sound like something that doesn't happen by accident, but...?" She gestures with one hand, wrist a loose circle, slowly easing out of her previous tension, "Martial Arts, I get that."

As if this evening's demonstration hadn't proven as much.

"And I'm guessing mystical arts, this qi stuff, it's work, but it's just another kind of drill, right? Repetition, refine technique, read a book, go back to step one. Yeah?"