Jealousy is a greater motivation than love
I wanted to go to the stream, but unfortunately, I couldn't do that until Natha gave permission. Doun was positively frightened at the mention of it, and I had a feeling it stemmed from his short audience with the Lord the day before.
So, while waiting, I spent time in the garden and the grass field, training my control over the purified energy.
The elemental mana outside the forest was nowhere near as rich, so the purified energy produced wasn't as much. While it didn't take me much time or effort to do it, the end product was rather small, just as big as a tennis ball. But I reckoned it was enough for me to start my experiment.
That was, if the naughty little bird didn't snatch it first.
I was in the middle of staring at the little brownish-green ball, trying to see if I could manipulate its shape, when Jade swooshed down from my shoulder and snatch the ball of energy in its beak.
*chirp!*