The end result, I guess. When you're learning harder spells sometimes you have to focus on the feel of it for a while so that you don't...
[How does she explain it? Kyna's totally self-taught, so she's flying by the seat of her pants here.]
It's like... Holding onto something slippery, you know? If you focus on how the magic feels, it makes it easier not to lose it, or for the spell not to dissipate when you're still trying to figure out how to cast it. Does that make sense?
[He quiet while she thinks about it, watching her expression for any hints that might not come through just in her words, but the explanation does make enough sense on its own. He likens it mentally to piano; when he's learning something new he has to really think about which keys to press and how to move his hands to do so, but once he's gotten in some practice he's more listening to the music, with the expectation that he's already hitting the right keys without thinking about it.
Okay. That in mind, he thinks he can try it.]
Alright, here goes, I guess.
[He feels a bit sillier trying to do this than he did with the light, putting his badge in his pocket so as to have both hands free and then trying to copy what Kyna did. And... Nothing happens. No electricity, no sparks, nothing but a weird tingling feeling in his fingers.
Well, he supposes expecting to get it on the first try--especially since he had for the last spell--was a little too ambitious.]
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The end result, I guess. When you're learning harder spells sometimes you have to focus on the feel of it for a while so that you don't...
[How does she explain it? Kyna's totally self-taught, so she's flying by the seat of her pants here.]
It's like... Holding onto something slippery, you know? If you focus on how the magic feels, it makes it easier not to lose it, or for the spell not to dissipate when you're still trying to figure out how to cast it. Does that make sense?
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Okay. That in mind, he thinks he can try it.]
Alright, here goes, I guess.
[He feels a bit sillier trying to do this than he did with the light, putting his badge in his pocket so as to have both hands free and then trying to copy what Kyna did. And... Nothing happens. No electricity, no sparks, nothing but a weird tingling feeling in his fingers.
Well, he supposes expecting to get it on the first try--especially since he had for the last spell--was a little too ambitious.]
This is... A little more difficult.