Learning to use magic was boring. I thought, after spending four months visualizing magic, it would slowly get better, but no, it didn't. It was as boring as ever, with a slightly different bent.
"The main channels for your magical channels were already burned into your aura when you created that fireball," grandpa said when we arrived at the cave and sat on the blanket mother had thoughtfully put in the backpack. "And, during the time you were recovering, all of your body's energy went into strengthening them. Which is why you lost that much weight. You wouldn't have lost it healing the burns. But now that they've been strengthened, and your body has recovered, your magic will start coming back. You need to concentrate on it, so it stays circulating within the channels, instead of being
