"Imagine you are in something small," Briar said as he and Kalyca sat on a rock in the center of Rosethorn's garden, "Pull your magic inside that something."
Kali nodded and took a deep breath closing her eyes. Briar opened his eye a slit and saw her magic more smoothly wrapped around her, not leaping out this way and that way like it had been before.
After a hour of meditating Briar sighed and stood up, Kalyca looked up at him.
"That's enough for now," Briar told her.
"Okay," Kalyca said but stayed sitting, "I remember my parents would give me and some of the other village kids lessons kind of like this."
Briar sensing that it would be good for her to talk about her parents sat back down to listen.
"I can hardly remember them," she continued, "I think I was only about 3 or something when it happened."
"When what happened?" Briar asked her carefully.
"The other village attacked and I ran out into the jungle I was so afraid," she told him sadly, "I don't know what happened to them."
Briar nodded understandingly. Kalyca said nothing more and instead started fiddling with a little green woven bracelet she often wore.
"Let's run a race," Kali said suddenly and hopped off the rock.
Briar grinned, "You couldn't beat me though, your just a little girl," he said teasingly.
"Briar!" she said annoyed, "I've told you, don't call me little girl!"
"I was only teasing you," Briar said looking hurt.
She sighed angrily, "I'm not speaking to you anymore Briar Moss!"
Briar looked up then back at her, she was standing on the rock with her arms crossed looking over his head with a expression that vividly reminded him of Crane.
"Well, I'll be in Discipline if you decide to talk to me again," Briar said and sauntered off.
Coming up to Discipline he pushed open the door and headed for his room. Lark was inside drinking tea and looking at a book on sewing.
"Back so soon?" she asked him.
"She's not speaking to me," he explained.
"Ah," Lark said with a slight smile, "she'll be over it in less than an hour."
Briar grinned and went into his room to work with the miniature trees. He'd promised her to teach her how to work with the mini trees the next time he came. She wasn't quite ready for it yet, she had good control but he didn't know yet what the full extent of her power was. He had fun teaching another plant mage like himself, it was easier than teaching Evvy especially as Kali wasn't nearly as stubborn as Evvy.