[Dust doesn't doubt that she'll try until she no longer fails. Just so long as she isn't harsh to herself out of unreasonable expectations.]

[Besides, who knows? She might turn out to be a prodigy. Dust himself has picked up magic better than many, and he never would have expected that...]

So there's two different ways to do this, or maybe the same way in two different forms. Theory books will talk about incantations and gestures and specific spells, but it's really all down to focus and willpower. I think the incantations and gestures and stuff really exist just to help with the focusing.

So to start, let's work on changing your mana to earth.