"Hey, you can't just say that and leave it there!" she exclaims. If he has an idea on how to game the system, Dairine wants to know. "Share with the class, what's your plan?"

Nita has given Dairine a run down on life in Nautilus, including Bending. She even provided her Wizard's Manual information on the subject. Yet Dairine has continued her nasty habit of skimming over the reading material in favor of asking more directly.

"I mean, those are all important parts of wizardry too. However, a spell isn't gonna work with only willpower and knowledge alone. We need something to power it." She frowns, her face scrunching up, "I thought Bending was tied to Nautilus. So the skills you had in your home world worked similar to Bending? That must'a helped smooth out the learning curve."