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"Tornado. Then, when you're ready, release your magic at your target."

Raven builds more energy and then thrusts her hands forward.

*WHHHHHHH* A small whirlwind starts on the hill, rustling the grass and kicking up dirt.

"Good, good," you say over the sound of swirling wind. "You see the diameter? Roughly the width of your shoulders."

The whirlwind slowly disippates.

"And that duration matches up with your full exhale," you say. "Exceptional first time, Raven. Really, really strong showing."

"Thanks," she says with slightly heavy breathing. "Is this why you stay in shape?"

"Of course," you say. "Better cardio, better lung capacity. Better lung capacity, better use of wind magic and, honestly, other magics. But that was a good start."

Raven takes another deep breath as she focuses magic again. She takes aim at the hill again, and she creates another twister that swirls and kicks up dust.

"Pour more mana into it," you say, "you should be able to make it swirl faster and stronger."

Raven nods and increases her output. The tornado spins faster, stronger, and taller. It still lasts about the same amount of time, however.

"That's good," you say. "Very little drop-off between casting. Really should see how much mana you really have. For now, let's move to the water training."

You walk down with Raven to the edge and wade into the water.

"Is there a level surface where we can still be around knee deep?" you ask.

"Umm... hold on," she says. "I'm sure there is somewhere."

You two walk along the coast, Cyborg and Beast Boy following on the grassy shore. Beast Boy transforms to become a green fish and dives into the water. He swims on ahead, then resurfaces as his human self.

"Here's a spot," he says.

You and Raven walk over, and sure enough, the depth of the land underneath allows for the water to come up to knees.

"Thank you, Beast Boy," you say. "Now, we bend down at the waist to scoop water into our hands. Use the same thin layer of magic to form the bowl like you did for the air."

You demonstrate, bending over and scooping water into your cupped hands. Raven does the same and the two of you stand up straight holding a bowl-full of water.

"Use your magic to keep the water together," you say, "forming a ball in your hands."

You smooth your hands over the water, creating a sphere that lightly ripples as it rests in your hand. Raven smooths her hands around, her water is a bit oblong or perhaps egg shape. She takes a couple extra moments to make it perfectly round.

"Good," you say. "Now to prove perfect control over the water, you must layer mana across your whole body. You will have the water flow from your arm, to your torso, and down your leg back into the water we stand in."

You demonstrate with swift, smooth action how the ball of water glides from arm to shoulder to chest to side to thigh to knee and back into the bay.

"Don't worry about speed, just as long as you run it across your body to return to where you took it from."

Raven moves the water ball from her hand to her arm, and it creeps along towards her shoulder. And creeps. And creeps. And creeps.

"I suppose, it could go a little faster..." you say.

"Snails are faster than that," Beast Boy says. "And I know, because I've been a snail."
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