CraftWork - I found absolutely nothing wrong with your post. Apart from showing a very real image of the frustrated boy, you also gave an accurate example of the Outburst. As you rightly guessed, it is like the outburst of magic in Potterverse. And I am glad that you chose Earth as your dominant power - a miner kid born with the spark and living in the mountains, and now wielding the power of Earth. Gleefully good!! And the superstitious, almost impotent father of his is a true person!! Good work, CraftWork

SonofJET - Again, brilliant post. I love the proud columns of fighting men marching to Marne. And the young man's dilemma is also very nice. I do have two things of note in your post. The first is, I see that your character is not happy about chasing peasant rebels. Forgive me, but isn't he a green recruit itching for real combat? Wouldn't he welcome this p(l)easant diversion from his monotonous training? Granted he would rather fight the Menarians, but isn't this better than practicing with wooden swords all day? The second thing is about the addressing. The soldiers say "Yes sir!". Could you make it such that is "Yes, Lord Captain!" or "As you command, my Lord"?