The marionette that had gained life jumped out of the Puppet Theater onto the ground and bowed politely to Klein. "Thank you again, kind sir."
Klein was somewhat surprised by this result. A Miracle Invoker's powers were indeed extraordinary and could grant a measure of spirituality to lifeless objects, but they could not create true life or genuinely resurrect the dead.
The life he had given the marionette was merely a special emotional entity formed from the audience's responses to it, somewhat like a Marionette with a few thoughts of its own. But this was by no means life. It should only have made the marionette more animated and allowed it to converse with its puppeteer.
Moreover, what it said would conform to its established character and the audience's impression of it.
Yet the marionette before Klein gave him the impression of a living being with its own distinct personality and consciousness. This exceeded the scope of the "miracle" he could grant.
Raphael also emerged from the Spirit World and watched, somewhat surprised, as the marionette cheerfully departed.
Klein and Raphael exchanged a glance. Raphael said, "You owe me a marionette."
Klein smiled helplessly. "It only has half an hour to live."
Raphael scrutinized Klein. "How did you do that?"
He only remembered Adam being able to give other people life and personalities, all through Imagination. Did Miracle Invokers have that ability too?
Finally, Raphael thought, When Gehrman's personality stabs you in the back later, it'll be karma.
At that thought, Raphael suddenly found it rather ironic. A man who controlled Marionettes would be betrayed by an artificial person he had created himself.
After hearing Raphael's question, Klein did not expose his own identity. "I'm a Magician who can grant wishes."
"Then I'll make a wish," Raphael said. "I wish