She said it bashfully, as though embarrassed about the fact.
"I wanted to surprise you," she admitted. "I thought you'd be pleased to see it, given how insistent you've been about seeing me progress. I thought that, perhaps with water magic, I might be able to help with injuries better. The most basic of healing spells begin with the fusion of the two. It ought to have been possible… My father could summon multiple elements, but I wonder if it isn't too far a reach for me? Just like you, I don't know how to break it down into a simpler form so that I can reach it."
Vol tutted. "You show some strength, and then you immediately give in to weakness?" He said. "I am pleased to hear that you were attempting it, but why have you given up, after not even trying it an hour?"
She glanced up at him, wavering beneath the intensity of his gaze. "W-well, if I'd had the talent, it would be far quicker…" She said. "I clearly do not have the talent."
