[Amber Brightwing]

“Alive is good, even if you’ll be learning about Death.” Amber gave a polite smile at the Katta. “I take it that you don’t know all that much about the mechanics behind spellcasting?” If he did he was free to contradict her of course. “Fortunately, thanks to Imparting, you don’t need to know all that much about it. If you ever want to advance you’ll need to learn more in depth about everything of course. Right now I’ll keep things basic, but feel free to ask for more clarification on anything you wish.”

A flutter of her wings and she went from sitting to standing. Two legs slightly apart and arms crossed on her chest, almost like a drill instructor. “The first step to anything you will be doing will always be the same: Meditation. Anything a Mage does with Arcana he does while in Clara. Clara is what we call the state of mind you need for spell casting and Meditation is how you get there. Achieving Clara be hard and take a long time at first, but with practice you’ll find that it’ll become easier fast.”

She paused for a moment to see if he had any questions so far. “While it’s a hard thing to do, Meditation is actually very to explain. All you need to do is clear your mind from all thoughts and Clara will come to you almost automatically. There are some general tricks you could try such as starting with a picture in your mind and removing all parts one by one, but that’s just one way to go about it. Why don’t you give it a try and see if you can manage.”