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She would have never gotten the hang of it if she hadn't been sitting next to Hanzi when he transmitted his message. It was so loud and clear and she could feel the parts of it trickle off into the stream of the Ambarando Line. Avrie didn't want the deer shot, for certain. The picture Luca had sent was of beautiful animals, young and strong. So instead, she sent back an image of warm bread in her saddlebags, thick honey, and a wheel of cheese with dried meat.
"How about this instead? Bread, cheese, honey.... dried beef." Her message was clear, and she laughed as she realized how easy it was to set thoughts out into the stream. It was beautiful, liberating, and she turned and laughed, smiling brilliantly at Hanzi. "Beautiful! The green blue river is beautiful!"
Moments later, in a swirl of blue and green speckled light, Luca appeared once more. He was grinning, pleased that his pupils were doing well. "Alright... All the way through your training, I want you to send messages and transmit. Its an important skill and must be honed, or its lost." Avrie nodded, understanding this. The skill would take time, effort, and energy.but she knew she could do it.
"Now, we need to learn to Drift... this is the core of our work. At your skill level, just beginning, you can easily cause yourself to drift and whatever you can carry... even a small animal like a dog in your arms or a babe. But its important to learn concentration and do so successfully." Luca smiled, paused, and let his words sink in... then he continued.
"The art of Drifting is a delicate one. Its the ability to take the energy of a Line and focus it, asking it to buoy you up. At first, we will just learn this... floating. Just inches at first, then feet and higher. The line is limitless. Then, we will move on to forward and backwards movements, first slowly then instantanously. So I want you both to stand relaxed, and think of the lines of energy.. think of them forming a cushion beneath your feet and pushing you upwards.... To a mundane you look like your floating. To another Drifter, we can easily see your standing on line energy or held up comfortably by it." Avrie nodded, understanding.
She moved a few feet away from the group, bowed her head, and began to concentrate...
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