"It's a code name." She breathes and lets it unfurl. "Sometime in the mid 21st century in my home, even the divine spark of the soul was discovered, measured, laid bare before the army's knife. In some ways, it is like the heart-- pumping energy constantly through the body, letting it affect the world as more than a mere pile of meat, bones, chemicals, impulses. In other ways, it is a plant or animal to be carefully cared for. In the most important way, it is the engine that drives my abilities, and the way in which I stop myself from hurting myself."

As to the other question-- "The test itself is only those five minutes. But you are trained in fine control from the jump. For someone especially talented, who already started to blossom...? A few weeks to pass. A month to perfect."