Cutting in to the stone seemed easier than done. It was a simple matter as the earth mages and dragonkin moved up, however, when Walker found that he was having some issues it was because of his mana.
The constant mana control of earth elemental mana was wearing away on him. But it wasn't wearing away on everyone. Terron, the earth affinity dragonkin, and Su were fine. This was all due to the closer earth elemental affinity. Walker had been using his earth affinity less and less lately. He was slightly off practice.
It wasn't a major issues until he tried to manipulate a particularly tough piece of stone. Using the same mana he had before, the stone barely budged making his grip harder. When his hand slipped he managed to use his wind ripple skill to step on the air for a moment.
