Hiro almost immediately noticed the change in Akito's demeanor. He seemed to relax for some time until he posed the war question. That was a little odd considering, it was something he was familiar with. [I]'Maybe he just doesn't like talking about the matter with me. . .'[/I] He made note of it, and quietly listened to Akito's soft voice. Hearing that people did use magic against each other was interesting. Hiro always considered magic, a more peaceful thing. But then again, he had no reason to ever fight. "Oh? You've tried too?" His attention turned to that instead, only for Akito to say he wasn't any good. The prince thought about offering to teach him, but decided against it. He wouldn't have been a very good teacher anyway. 

Instead, Akito mentioned his own studies. "Wind? After light and fire? You think so?" Maybe that was why he was having such a tough time learning the other elements. He hadn't even thought about trying wind though. It seemed like a really tough one to learn, so he pushed it off. Maybe he should have tried it. Hiro turned his head towards the books. "I'll have to try that sometime." He wasn't quite aware of the natural progression of the elements due to being self taught. His books were always out of order too, so that didn't help him much. "What exactly is the natural progression?" As Akito explained, he quite informally crawled over to the stack of books on the floor and reordered them as Akito spoke. "There, maybe that should help." 

Returning back to his original spot, he looked around the room. "Well. . . There's not much needed from us. Lunch is probably another hour or so away, so. . ." Hiro decided to show off a little more of his magic. He repeated the candle actions up until the flame was floating above his hand. Instead of it simply floating there, this time he created images out of the flame. It started as a rose and then a star, and then a few other small items. "Hm. . ." Hiro slowly stretched out the flame and began to create what looked like a tiger's head. It was a little large, and the flamed sparked and danced. He kept full concentration on the show, only to be thrown off by a sudden knock. Normally, in the quiet he would've been used to it, but being so focused on trying to keep things perfect, he lost that focus. 

The creation dispelled quickly, letting a few loose flames fall as it did. One so happened to fall on Akito's leg, but before the fire could settle and actually cause damage, Hiro quickly patted his leg and made it disappear as well. "Sorry about that." 

The servant slowly opened the door after he heard Hiro call him in. "The Emperor and the Empress request your presence for lunch." He quickly bowed and waited to see if he was needed with anything else.