You harmonize your spirit with the spirit within your weapon, allowing you to truly become one with your weapon. When you gain your first Rank in this Augment, your bonded weapon dissolves into motes of qi energy and permanently merges with you.
You are considered to always be wielding your bonded weapon for the purpose of non-Attack Actions which require you to wield your bonded weapon, such as Sword Aura.
You can summon or dismiss your bonded weapon as an Action with Tempo 0. When summoned, your bonded weapon temporarily becomes physical, appearing in your hand.
Your bonded weapon cannot be damaged or destroyed. If you drop your bonded weapon or are disarmed, you can call it back to your hand as an Action or Reaction with Tempo 0.
In addition, your bonded weapon's Tempo is reduced by the Rank of this Augment to a minimum of 0, regardless of which Ability or Action is used, allowing you to attack more quickly.