229 - Apprentice

Plotline: Main

Type: Interaction/Social

"Where is my fire mana?" Bei Lala asked, emphasizing her point by smacking me on the back of my head with her fan.

"I have the conversion from Water to Wood complete, and will be restarting fire as soon as you are done striking me."

She hit me again, aiming for an ear. I turned my head slightly, so the tip of her fan struck scalp instead.

"Ow!" I said, rubbing that ear.

She leaned back, looking satisfied. "It should have taken you fifteen minutes. Instead, it's been what, a quarter of a candle?"

"About that long, honored superior." I said. Cripes, the things they demanded... there was no way to do it safely. None.

"You should keep it as one flowing operation, not this multi-stage transformation you're doing." she said.

"Keeping it in small steps keeps me safe, honored superior. And you absolutely don't want the Water mana to come into direct contact with the Fire mana."