Despite supposedly being the easier option of the two, gravity magic was not easy. Not for Jonny, at least. It had been nearly two weeks since Igrette taught him the principles of it, and he still had made no progress. Igrette said it was to be expected, since it was his first time trying an “elemental shift,” but that didn’t make it any less frustrating. He was pretty sure Tommy hadn’t struggled this much to do his first elemental shift. He was using fire and wind spells basically from the moment he learned magic. Of course, those elemental shifts were supposed to be easier than gravity, but even still…This issue with gravity was that he struggled to visualize it. With something like fire, it was easy. Fire was fire. Get the air really hot and it glows, or something like that. Igrette had even had him try a water shift, just so he could get a feel for it. That was easy, since he kind of visualized his mana as water anyway. The water shift didn’t really do anything useful for him, but it was easy, and it helped him understand what an elemental shift was supposed to feel like.Gravity was completely different. He didn’t get it. He didn’t understand how he could visualize being heavier. He understood why he needed it. Igrette had demonstrated very effectively when she told him to punch a tree as hard as he could, and he ended up sliding backward across the snow. But he couldn’t do it.At the very least, as they traveled and he fought, he had been able to make some minor micro-adjustments to help alleviate the issue a little bit. For example, when fighting smaller beasts like the pikas, he leaned into his attacks more, making sure to put his whole body even into his basic strikes. It felt extremely awkward to basically (...)