"So, from what I've read about earth magic," Callum explained, "It sounds like it's power is just kind of from stones. So, uh, we can pick up these stones..."

Callum picked up a nearby rock, holding it up, "Maybe we'll be able to figure out the meaning of the earth arcanum."

"That makes sense." Claudia smiled, also picked up a rock. She held it up to her hands, in front of her eyes in an attempt to figure it out.

She thought about the rock, features it had and all that. But somehow, she just wasn't sure if this was really her thing. Claudia and Callum talked about their observations of the rock, but it seemed kind of... pointless.

After awhile, she still didn't feel like she understood earth magic anymore than she originally did, "So, what now?"

"I don't know." Callum said, looking through the book, "We've tried so many of these in here already but I'm not sure we've gotten any further."

"That's a shame." Claudia commented, "But at least I still have my magic, right?"

"Yeah, I guess..." Callum replied, "But Claudia, I've used it before and it was... It wasn't great. It was so different from primal magic... I'm not sure anyone should use it."

"Well, we don't really have anything else to use, do we?" Claudia place the rock down and leaned back, "I mean, maybe some people can use primal magic, Callum, but it doesn't seem to be a very common thing."

"Maybe they just didn't think to do it." Callum looked up from the book to look at Claudia, "I mean, maybe there's a lot more people who could that just never thought to do it. I wouldn't have if I hadn't talked to Lujanne, and elves and humans... It's not like we talk regularly."

"Huh. Well, maybe my source of magic just isn't primal magic." Claudia suggested, "I've always been good at magic. It's just not primal magic. It's something different, something that let us do amazing things without a primal source."

"So I take it you're probably not gonna want to give that up anytime soon, huh?"

"Why would I want to give that up?" Claudia asked, "I use magic for everything. Without it, we wouldn't have been able to find you. And then we wouldn't have known you weren't kidnapped. I wouldn't have been able to have healed Soren."

"I'd have to find a new way to make pancakes, or even Hot Brown Morning Potion, if there even is a way." Claudia continued, "I've used it for so long, giving it up now would just be... What else would I do?"

"I think I understand how you feel." Callum said, "When I broke your primal stone, it wasn't just that I couldn't do magic. I was good at magic, it was my thing, who I was."

"Then, it must have been hard to break it." Claudia commented, staring into the distance.

"I guess it kind of was. I wasn't really thinking about that at the time, we all just wanted Zym to be okay." Callum replied, "But after talking to Lujanne, I realized that maybe I wasn't born connected to an arcanum, but maybe I could still make my own connection."

"And you did." Claudia smiled.

"I did. I understood the sky arcanum, and it wasn't just one simple thing like I thought it was. It was everything." Callum put his book down and took out a different one, turning to the page where Rayla had drawn the primal sources, "I don't know if I'm making any sense right now, but my point is I understand. Maybe if we found the right primal source for you..."

"Callum." Claudia didn't let him continue his sentence, interrupting, "Do you really think I could do that?"

"I did, and I'm not any different from you."

"You're special, Callum." Claudia didn't even glance at him while she talked, just looking at the stars, "But even when I had a primal stone, it just wasn't like that. Primal magic isn't for everyone."

Callum looked at the ground and sighed, before he looked back up at Claudia, "But you're wrong. Maybe it isn't for everyone, maybe it is. But if anyone could do primal magic, It'd be you."

Claudia turned her head towards him, watching as he flipped through the pages of his primal magic book, "We haven't tried everything yet. Maybe while we're here, we'll run into an elf we can ask about their arcanum."

"We could also try asking the animals. I mean, they're magic too." Claudia suggested.

"I guess we could ask Ezran for help with that." Callum replied, and handed Claudia his primal magic book, "In the meantime, maybe reading this will help you with finding a primal source."

"Huh, maybe." Claudia smiled at Callum, "Thank you."

When they left the next morning, Claudia almost walked into several trees. Maybe she was a little bit too distracted by the book, maybe because of the conversation she had with Callum.

Maybe it had just been a long time since she read. Whatever it was, Rayla didn't seem to appreciate her being so distracted, which was clear even if she didn't really comment on it.

Probably because of how many occasions they all had to stop her from walking into something. But she was really focused on the book.

Eventually, she sighed and put the book away, even if she still didn't seem to be close to finding a primal source. But her friends thought she could do it.

So maybe she just had to work on it. Learning magic always took her some time, even if this was primal magic instead. Claudia didn't know if she learned primal magic, if it'd be the only thing she used. It probably wouldn't.

But if she could do it... Maybe she'd use it less, even if it was only a little bit.