[i]Focus, okay, I can do that[/i] Cassie thought to herself. When Luna told her she had a good chance in the battles ahead she couldn’t help but smile. Maybe she could be a good elementalist after all, but with Elpis rather than Viper. She watched as Forest progressed further than herself and actually made two darts and managed to pierce the dummy with one of them. 

She had started to celebrate with Forest until the girl said “oh...” Cassandra looked back at the dummy and realised the dart had collapsed. This trick was going to take a lot of practice for both of them. Trying again, Cassie let most of the water fall from her hands and shaped just one dart again. She let it fly and used all of her concentration to keep its shape together, piercing just above where it’s right eye would be. Then she summoned enough of the water from the floor to shape one more dart and let this one fly. As it hit the target, both darts collapsed. 

“Damn it!” Cassie cursed, starting to get annoyed. Annoyance wasn’t going to help her use Elpis- water needed calm and grace. She turned to Luna and said “may I be excused? I’d like to go and practice this more before we learn anything else. Am I allowed to take a dummy to my dorm if I promise not to be destructive?”