"Aether Core Purity. Aether Control. Mental Fortitude."
Emir stood near the holo screen, pointing at three terms that were displayed for all students to see.
"These are the makings of a good Spell Weaver and Arcanist."
Their eyes tracked his every move, wanting to extract any and all information that he provided.
This fate did not even spare Quinn and Arthur, his self-proclaimed 'enemies.'
"Some of you might wonder why I'm explaining such a concept to even you, specialists foreign to the intricacies of weaving."
A few actually nodded; they couldn't help it—wasn't their class today about Pathing?
But the rest, knowing their professor, already figured this was a necessary setup for the reveal, as the man always enjoyed a proper lead-up.
"Not to worry, you won't dive too deep, only graze the ocean's shallow end."
