Akito nods with a half smile. “Yes, according to the element wheel, wherever you start there is a natural walk around the wheel that will make learning easier. . .” Before being rejected as a mage, the soldier had done some studying, and at this very moment is very glad he did. [i]'He's right, this is something we can talk about without me feeling completely out of my element, forgive the pun'[/i] With a smile he nods once more at Hiro's question. Closing his eyes so he can see the wheel clearly he bites his lip gently, trying to recall it exactly.

“If you started at either light or fire and now know them both, the next one for you to learn is wind, which stokes the fire, and after that earth which turns the wind back. They are opposing forces, but when moving to the other side of the wheel there is bound to be friction. Wind and earth cause the least friction to one another.” Taking a slow breath, he moves on. After is water, which is cradled by earth and wares it down, and the last in the wheel for you would be dark, which swallows everything else.” He opens his eyes, looking rather calm with a faint smile on his lips.

“I don't know much beyond that, the images more easy to recall than the words.” Looking at his hands he fidgets a bit, watching Hiro rearrange a stack of books out of the corner of his eye. “A lot of people are encouraged to start with light since the most frictioning forces are light and dark, Starting anywhere else on the wheel means having to learn light right after dark which could strain all your other masteries. . .Not that I've met many who know more than two. I think it's amazing really. . .” Looking back up as the prince takes his seat he does his best to keep his calm and look at Hiro's face.

Akito watches with open delight as the prince proceeds with another show, clapping and offering the prince smiles with each new design. He'd never imagined magic being used so creatively and somewhere in the back of his mind wonders if one day they could sculpt together, perhaps use his magic to help Akito create the images in his head. The knock on the door makes him jump slightly, his hand going to his weapon, his head whipping around to look. Despite being able to recognize the noise rather quickly, Akito had grown up in tents. No doors to knock on making the sound a new addition to his understanding of the world.

Already on edge the prince's sudden movement, not to mention touching him after a faint burning feeling, Akito reacts on instinct. His right hand snaps out and grabs the young man's wrist and with an expert tug and twist he turns Hiro around, pulling his arm up behind his back in a slightly painful manner. However the second he hears the servant speak he snaps out of his funk, his heart fit to explode in terror at what he's just done. With a panicked, “Forgive me.” he releases the prince and flees the room, expertly dodging the servant and racing like lightning through the hallways. Without thinking he makes his way back to the outdoor training area, but he doesn't stop there. 

Not a dozen paces away from one side is the boarder of the thick forest growing around the palace and grounds and without thinking he flies off into it, not stopping until the darkness is all around him. Like a monkey he races up a barely visible tree, going high enough to see a faint light above and still be on a branch that can support him. As soon as he stops moving, he curls into a little ball and tries not to imagine what's going to happen to him for attacking, or at least painfully restraining, a member of the royal family.