As the owl landed in from Polaris, there was a sense of relief that washed over her. The tunnel between Polaris and Orion was usually quiet and quietness was what she needed right now. She didn't want to see Dragon and (although she wouldn't mind it) she didn't want to talk to Adeyemi. She had to be alone for a while.

She also felt the need to practice her magic. There might be a day coming when she would need it, after all - and by the sounds of it, Dragon was making out for that day to be soon. Perhaps sooner than she expected.

She better get started.

She breathed in. Stealing and desecrating weren't things she was actually particularly interested in - but for the sake of utter chaos in the caves? She supposed she could get into that. With half-closed eyes she took a moment to think on it - how to execute such crimes.

Slowly, she looked around before she moved off to the side, talons clacking gently. She should start off with small things.

She carefully selected two rocks settled near by each other - both small enough that they could fit together in one talon, and hobbled away one-legged away from the tunnel walls and into the centre of the room again.

She set them both down a little ways from each other. She breathed in slowly, closing her eyes for a moment as she began to focus quietly.

She opened her eyes as there was a soft click of stones shifting. She blinked. She had done it? She looked left and she looked right, nodding somewhat. She could try setting them further a part, to see how much of a distance she could do.

The rocks had been only a foot apart, but after the owl leaned down and nudged one rock another four feet away from each other, they were about her wing's length a part. She watched them for a moment, perhaps thoughtfully.

She could do more. If she could not, she'd try this length. She leaned over and nudged the rock with her beak a little more, until they were more than eight feet a part. She watched them again, as if afraid they'd grow legs and walk off.

But they didn't. They sat, patiently, waiting for her to move them again. She nodded to the pebbles and closed her eyes again.

There was no clink this time. She half-opened her eyes - perhaps she hadn't noticed? She moved forward to touch one of the rocks, just to make sure it hadn't moved, but alas she could not tell. She glanced up towards the other rock, perhaps considerately.

She moved her talon away and leaned down again, nudging the pebble forwards, closer to the other one.

This would be the last time she would try this specific spell. It would be useless if she could not do it from this distance, or perhaps she'd just need to practice it more. She could do that later - she had other things to do now.

She planted a talon onto the rock and shut her eyes.

She opened her eyes sharply as the rock under her talon simply crumpled into complete nothingness. How odd. The other rock, five feet away, had also completely disintegrated. How strange. Perhaps she should be more careful with this spell.

Regardless - she stood by her word. She would practice later and make sure to use different things each time. Her head turned towards the small pile of rocks lying by the tunnel wall.

She shifted and she focused. She only needed one. Her eyes shifted across the pile to locate a smaller rock - she can practice larger ones later. Her eyes focused into a small pebble stuck between two boulders, breathing in briefly.

She could move it from here. She was sure of it.

Perhaps she had overestimated herself. Perhaps she had to try again. Perhaps she was trying too hard. She inhaled and shifted, her head dipping down to adjust the dusty grey feathers on her belly before she lifted her gaze again.

One more try.