Talk:Glacies/@comment-25095137-20140716201116/@comment-25035274-20140717123605

Not exactly. It's more like the man 'merges' with the sphere, gaining its power and the ability to control it. To quote:

"To be frank, a covenant is the marital sex of a human and elemental couple, and frankly, a covenanter is also the beloved husband of an elemental. If we think about it like that, then we can say that it is a “covenant” when a dark matter assaults and has sex with a man. And a dark matter grants her own power to the man who became her beloved husband, or rather, “covenanter”. Men who become covenanters become able to freely manipulate the black object, a mass of demonic energy which is regarded as the element of darkness, which dark matters, including the author, ride on, as if it were a part of their own body."

It's newer information that was released after the Dark Matter MGE profile was written. You can find it in the Elemental Handbook, who's translation can also be found on this wiki.