Now I've never used a gun or any kind of projectile weapon before but I've seen people do it and it never seemed hard. Boy was I wrong. Or maybe weapons are easier to aim than magic power? I'm probably just coping.

I was so bad at aiming the energy attack my lady gifted me that she forbade me practice it in her domain. She made my practice in my home, to give me motivation to improve fast I suppose, an effective, if annoying method.

I quickly got better, until I was able to hit a soda can accurately from twenty paces. Any further than that and my aim goes to shit. I prefer magic in the academic sense than for combat but my lady insisted I have a way to defend myself is escaping a situation isn't an option. I'd prefer to simply fly away from danger but if needs must...

Turns out healing people requires a lot more than just a spell, you actually have to have some idea how the damaged area works. I basically spent the last month taking a crash course on a general practitioner's med school. Let me tell you, there's a reason that shit usually takes four to eight years to learn. My lady ended up having to directly put much of the knowledge into my head as her coomlaen companion watched on. It felt like my head was going to explode until she tapped my forehead putting me to sleep for a few days while my brain sorted and stored the information. Needless to say I lost yet another job to that little situation. I'd say it was worth while though as now I'll be able to heal my allies as long as they follow the First Rule for a month or the magic will come undone.

My Lady was not joking about the remedial classes! She even made flashcards! Freaking flashcards! And if I got a question wrong she whacked the back of my hands with a ruler! Then she made me heal my own bruised hands with my own magic for practice. I don't think I ever tried this hard at magic school or my short apprenticeship but at least My Lady isn't stingy with power like those were. She even promised a brand new power tatoo if I do well enough, she says my mind needs to be properly prepared to recieve the Gift. I can't wait to see what it is! Maybe another attack? Or a further mobility option? Whatever it is it has to be more useful than what I got out of that apprenticeship (oggled by a creepy old man, four ruined cauldrons and an urg ut infestation in my trunk)