Manipulating the mana around him proved to be a tougher task for Walker. He was trying to pull at the natural mana around him and found that it was not allowing him easy control. Since Fleur had gone in to rest, he was completely alone with this. It would have been nice if she was awake, however, Walker had felt her begin to slowly absorb natural mana.
This alone meant that Walker would be having a harder time with this. But it was also good. The natural mana that Fleur needed was much higher than the other elemental spirits. That was because she needed the mana of all elements formed together to create natural mana. There was rarely dense natural mana around.