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[She knows… it’s hard not to feel hurt, when something you liked is turned against you. She’s not sure how to handle it, but it bothers her that there would be part of himself Connor wouldn’t be at ease with- and, well, thanks to all the insects (and presumably some magic, she’s guessing), there’s been a certain amount of growth happening.

So- a way to start is to make it a positive thing, surely. Sapphire taps her fingers against her glass, before reaching for the communicator.]

Connor? I have a thought- would you be willing to practice magic with me?

[Connor is at home when Sapphire calls, and he answers with a smile despite her not being able to see it. It's good to hear from her, after all.]

Magic? Of course.

[He still uses the more earth-based magic he has at his disposal, just not the vines. So he just assumes she means he can practice using that.]

Where did you have in mind?

[That's the first part accomplished, and- well, it's good to have something in motion.

As to where…]

If you're willing to chance our new overly-friendly friends- there's an open space I've been trying out, on and off. Towards the outskirts, but- it shouldn't be too far. Tell me if that suits you.

[and she send him the location.]

I should be fine with them as long as they stay away from me.

[He's still not entirely comfortable with vines right now. Ones that stay still are fine, but living ones? No... he's not entirely sure he wants that.]

I'll meet you there soon, then?

…I think it may not be too much of a problem. They do listen to what you tell them, after all.

[It's nice! Much better than other vines- she doesn't know what the ones in Amdapor Keep are thinking, but she's fine with that.]

You will. I'll see you shortly.

[She's just about prepared, so she heads out soon after the conversation, waiting for Connor, and ready to offer him a wave when he arrives.]

[Connor just shrugs to himself and goes to the meeting spot, offering up a return wave upon seeing her.]

Hello, Sapphire.

[He looks around them, then back to her.]

So... where should we start?

[He's hardly in a rush, of course. But training can be done while talking.]

Connor! It's good to see you- I know I asked, but it's still good.

I thought, perhaps- we'd start with summoning up a small part of the essences we control, and playing with them from there.

It's good to see you too.

[He smiles, pleased.]

Of course.

[As expected, the first thing he does is summon up earth. Specifcally, he draws the nearest rocks his way to hover in the air beside them.]

Like this, yes?

Just so! And you can release them just as simply, right?

[Control is always important, after all. Shegestures, pulling up a small breeze- and eyes the rocks.]

I wonder- could I hold these long enough for you to step on them…?

We can find out.

[The rocks are small, so he summons some larger ones.]

Let me know when to drop them so you can hold them up yourself.

That's a good test. [She eyes them, evaluating, and nods.] Go ahead. How many do you think you can hold?

I guess we'll find out...

[He picks up more rocks, letting them float above where they'd been resting on the ground. After a while he gets bored of that though, and starts to clump them together. Turns out he can hold a lot, but it takes a lot of focus even for someone with a brain as advanced as his. Finally he sets the rocks back down, breathing out a little sigh of relief.]

So... how did I do?

[She's still trying to juggle her own, although she's watching Connor as he collects more. That's certainly more than she expected.]

I'm impressed! It looks as though you've been practicing. Ah… if I might… [She hesitates, but-]. What about the rest of your abilities?

The rest?

[He tilts his head.]

The plant side of things, yes?

[Flowers are fine. Vines, though... they still weird him out very slightly. So he's careful not to include those when he makes a cluster of flowers appear by their feet.]

Yes.

[She stoops to pluck one of them, gently, and examines it.]

They've grown quite well. How big have you grown them?

It never really occurred to me to make them any bigger than this... but I guess I could try.

[He focuses, and the flowers start to grow a little bigger, slowly but surely. They stop at a certain point though.]

I suppose this is about as big as these flowers can get naturally. I could try to push them past even that, but it'll probably take a lot of focus.

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