What's a core and do I have one..? 👉👈👀
So The Core is the semi-sentient source of magic in my series Waking Dreamer. Everyone (or at least most people) have a Core Use. The way they manifest that energy and magic. They vary person to person and are (as far you you guys know) completely random. Just little tiny superpowers. Or a big one.
Yours is sound wave work. More fun that it sounds (ha, get it? I'm funny). You can reach out with the core and feel through the very essence of the waves. You recognize their patterns and their textures. You can 'hear' (its really more like a physical sensation) any sound - far better than any human, even from miles away, you can recognize the little vibrations in the air. Even if your ears can't hear something (too high or low a pitch), you can feel it.
This also means you can manipulate sounds. You can manifest to reshape any sound into what you want to mimick. You can perfectly temper someone's voice. You can silence your footsteps or a screaming whumpee - they make the sound but it falls dead inches into the air. You can even hover small objects with the force of the wave.
It's a small, almost unnoticeable gift. But that just means no one sees you coming.