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[h3]Dust Applications - Lecture Hall I707[/h3]
Note to self: fancy Dustplay is way more exciting to all these brats than me bumping my gums about for an hour. But that's not really some grand epiphany, you know? If you're not a cool enough teacher, nobody will want to listen to all your blethering about, even if that's where all the nitty-gritty's stuck. It's a real shame, but that's just the reality of how things are. When you're some snot-nosed brat and all you want to do is  faff about, listening to lectures is the very last thing on your mind. Doesn't help that a lot of the trainee Huntsmen and Huntresses who come into halls are already partially journeymen in their fields, so some of this is stuff they might already know.

But some of them don't know. They might be cannie lads and lasses, but their noggins might not be filled with anything. Or they just might not be able to discard what they already know to understand the greater depths of what Dust can do for them.

So that's why I'm here.

"[color=d8bfd8]Afraid I can't get all of you down here,[/color]" I say apologetically as I look around at all those raised hands. Everybody wants to be up playing with the Dust, you know? It's where the fun is, but just like in real life, there's unfortunately not enough to go around. Sometimes it's just first come first serve, or if you're an Atlesian, first one with the bags of dosh. "[color=d8bfd8]I'll pick the two who raised their hands first - Diamond Frost ([@Forsythe]) ... Lucas Schwarz ([@HereComesTheSnow])? Can you two step up?[/color]"

I don't know either of them too well, but no shame in getting some eager beavers to help.

"[color=d8bfd8]We'll be digging deeper into Dust Theory a little bit further into the semester,[/color]" I continue, clapping my hands together. "[color=d8bfd8]It's going to be very intensive, so I recommend doing some reading by yourselves too so you can get your nuts around everything.[/color]"

No need for them to buy the textbooks though, because those were bloody costly. The library had everything they needed, eBook versions included.

I wish Shade had that amount of money back when I was a wee quine.

"[color=d8bfd8]Anyway, we'll be visiting the basic concept of Dust reacting to your will today.[/color]" That was what these demonstrations were going to show, after all. "[color=d8bfd8]Your aura and semblances - expressions of your inner energies - can catalyse a Dust reaction, but that's because it's your [i]will[/i] that the Dust activates. Think of it as like flicking a switch. The electrons are all in the circuit, but it's only when it's complete can current start flowing.[/color]"

I pull out two more vials of Dust, larger ones this time, from my sleeves. It's just 'Water' specimens now ... mostly; no need to make too big of a mess.

"[color=d8bfd8]Diamond, Luke, take these vials and try focusing your aura without wanting to catalyse them, could you?[/color]"