“Ugh!” Kinza was back in her room. She had eaten a few bites for dinner after her lesson with Jabari and came back here. Her “homework” was to continue practicing raising her Aura, but she couldn’t seem to get it going again. Never mind the fact that she had a week’s worth of real homework she was missing. She’d probably fail this semester for being gone so long. She sighed, thinking about the money down the drain. She kept the lid on the Aurastone lamp box closed so she would be able to see the faintest light of her Aura if it came up, but she had just been sitting in the dark for the past thirty minutes. Closing her eyes again, she took a deep breath and started to meditate or think good thoughts or whatever. At first she thought about her parents and how much she missed them, but her

