<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/19/59/d5/1959d5a89df588d70e329492b8e6ff84.jpg)</div><strong>Location:</strong>Introduction to Arcane Theory<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Students<br/><br/>With no volunteers, Professor Merryweather set the glass down.  The jock decided to ask, "So, how does your wand work in regards to the five styles of magic?"<br/><br/>"With me, usually," she explained, "Thaumaturgy.  I construct a mental image strong enough and with enough power to affect a particular object as I like, and then I have a very easy time manipulating the mental image."  Getting more serious, she explained, "Nothing with wands will be on the test, but I prefer the ease rather than taking the several minutes of proper casting for a casual example."<br/><br/>"So why can't people just use wands?" he asked.<br/><br/>Despite that the question might seem disrespectful, she had an answer.  "You know how Coach says that if you can't throw a football anywhere you want outside of game time, you have no business holding it when the clock is ticking?"<br/><br/>The answer satisfied him, and he nodded.<br/><br/>Looking back to the class, she said, "With Summoning coming up next, I want everyone to read the first three chapters of The Realms Beyond.  Don't expect clear and concise definitions; the definitions of what constitutes a barrier between one realm and another is rarely so clear cut and dried as the barrier that defines the physical.  If it helps, think of Earth as encased in a dome and the geography getting more and more abstract the further one moves away."<br/><br/>Giving Nyx a nod, she added, "I expect you to have an easier time with the maybes and the not-easily-categorized, where the only true direction is proximity to Earth."  The words were meant as a compliment.