As he had promised, Mr. Albeck taught Alistar the basic earth-shifting spell that he'd asked about before they had retreated to the woodland clearing, a simple bit of magic that only took him about an hour to get the hang of. Following this, he was taught a few subtle variations that allowed him to move different sorts of minerals by essentially condensing small amounts of them in order to free up volume. Although he didn't quite get the hang of this, he had promised Zech and Jaden that he would spar with them today and so decided to resume practicing in his room whenever it was that he eventually retired for the night.
A short while after the lesson as he and his teacher made their way back to the manor house, Alistar stopped to ask about something that had been tugging at his attention since earlier in the afternoon. "Mr. Albeck? Earlier when you were reviewing my ice magics, you looked a bit displeased. Would you mind telling me why?"
