Claudia wasn't entirely sure what was going on... She walked around pointlessly, curious about her surroundings. It was strange.
"Claudia." Viren said, so Claudia turned towards him.
"Dad?" Claudia questioned, confused, "What are you doing here?"
He looked down at the book in her hands, "Primal magic? Claudia, you know you can't do primal magic without a primal stone."
"I know." Claudia agreed, "But, it's a great book to read."
Viren sighed, "You're trying to learn primal magic. Like Callum, right?"
"That would be pretty cool."
"But you already have magic, Claudia." Viren told her, "You never had a problem using it before. I can't see why anything would be different."
"Well, I guess... Maybe I should've looked into other kinds of magic."
"Humans can't do primal magic." Viren pointed out, "Unless you get another primal stone, you really can't do anything with that book, Claudia."
Claudia looked down at the book.
"Claudia?" Ezran asked, attempting to wake Claudia up. He looked at Bait, "Maybe you can lick her and she'll wake up?"
Bait made noises, and Zym walked up and tried to wake her up as well, though she didn't seem to be waking up anytime soon.
"Guys?" Ezran turned towards Rayla and Callum, "I think there might be something wrong with Claudia."
"I know it's frustrating." Viren walked closer to Claudia, "But we can still do magic without a primal source. We can do incredible things, Claudia."
"I know." Claudia looked up from the book, "But we can't do those things, and I mean..."
Claudia grabbed the white strands of hair, holding them, "Maybe Callum and Ezran were right. I mean, I'm glad I could heal Soren. But maybe... they had a point about it."
"It's natural to have doubts." Viren said, "I've had some as well, but the point is that you don't have a primal source."
"But maybe I could. Callum unlocked the sky arcanum, so couldn't I just do that? Or, at least try."
"You won't be able to." Viren replied.
"But I can still try."
Rayla sighed, standing near Callum and Ezran while they checked on Claudia.
"Maybe she's just tired." Ezran suggested.
"Maybe." Callum agreed.
"Whatever it is, we have to be careful with her asleep. If someone attacks us, she won't be able to do anything." Rayla pointed out, and she sat next to where Claudia was sleeping.
Rayla watched Claudia, a little bit concerned.
"Yeah, do that." Soren suggested, going over towards Claudia.
"Soren?" Claudia questioned, glancing at him, "I thought you didn't like magic."
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean you should give up." Soren said, "If I gave up on swordfighting, I wouldn't exactly be swordfighting people. Just like how I'm not giving up on poetry."
"And what if you can't?" Viren interrupted, "You've been doing magic for a long time, Claudia."
"Well, she can keep trying." Soren replied, "She'll get it eventually."
"That could take months, maybe even years."
"So?" Soren asked, "Didn't it take her a similar amount of time to learn magic in the first place? She didn't give up on that. Although, she did give up on handstands."
Viren sighed, and turned back towards Claudia.
"Soren does have a point. I should at least try." Claudia told him, "So, I'm going to try."
"Is something wrong with Claudia?" Viren asked. Callum and Ezran stood up immediately after noticing him, and Rayla quickly did as well. Ezran grabbed Zym, and Callum got ready to attack.
"You can't assume I'm here to attack. I'm just curious." Viren said, and then looked at the elf suspiciously.
"I think she's fine." Callum replied.
"You think?" Viren questioned, and sighed, "I suppose I'm just going to have to deal with the elf myself."
"You're not dealing with anyone." Callum told him.
Viren and Soren disappeared, and her surroundings changed.
It was like the cliff she and Rayla fought that dragon at, though she didn't actually see Rayla there. The dragon flew around though, and she wasn't sure what to do.
The dragon flew towards Claudia, in an attempt to attack. But she couldn't really do anything to fight it, so she ran in the other direction. The cliff was destroyed, and without Rayla she couldn't really jump across.
She didn't really have time to come up with a plan, though, so she jumped across.
"Rayla, can you take Ezran?" Callum asked, "I can stay here with Claudia."
"Callum, you should go with Ezran." Rayla argued, "You two should take Zym and go."
"Rayla, we're not leaving you and Claudia here." Callum told her, "I'll stay and protect Claudia. She's my friend-"
"She's my friend too." Rayla interrupted, "And so are you and Ezran. And you have to get Zym home. We'll catch up."
"No." Ezran said, "We're in this together. We should all stay with Claudia."
Rayla walked towards Viren, "You know what? We should."
Claudia just barely grabbed onto a rock, though it was a lot more difficult than she originally thought.
She wasn't sure what to do, since there was really only the one rock. Claudia looked down, noticing the water. If she just had the right things, she could use it to her advantage...
But since Claudia didn't have anything she needed, she had to find a different solution. Hesitantly, she moved to a different rock.
Viren attacked Rayla, but she dodged it. There wasn't enough room for Callum to use the ice spell, and he didn't think he should use the lightning one, so there weren't a lot of options for him.
He kept attacking her, so she kept dodging. Though eventually, she ended up close to Claudia.
Although it took awhile, Claudia managed to get across. She climbed up and sat down briefly, though standing up since there was still a dragon that was going to attack her.
The dragon went to attack her again, so she ran.