"I can relate to that," he responded and then tried to go a different direction. "If I can't help now...what can I do to be of more use?" He asked hoping to get some kind of guidance. He knew there was the possibility of working to be a Healer, but that wouldn't be for a while. In the mean time he still wanted to be useful and not be an annoyance--which their current discussion had made him feel.

"Before I came here, I spent a lot of time practicing various spells and brushing up on ones I wasn't too great at. I didn't have much else to do.

I think it amused my father though, that it took having nothing to do for me to finally start practicing when he spent most of the school years berating me for not practicing and paying attention. On his good days he would even show me a few things."