The pebble hit me between the eyes.
I caught it after it bounced off my nose and stared at it. This was becoming personal.
I had been lying on my bed for the better part of twenty minutes, tossing it toward the ceiling and trying to catch the exact moment Daphne had shown me. Not while it was falling, and not when it was already close enough to hit me in the face. Before.
I tossed it again. Up. It slowed, stopped, and for a very small moment had nowhere to go.
I reached for Gravity. Lighter.
The mana slipped. Push. The pebble moved sideways, and I caught it before it could find another part of my face.
Better. Technically.
Dream Haven was under my head, which made the entire exercise considerably more tolerable. I tossed the pebble again, and this time it came down a little slower, I thought. It was difficult to tell with pebbles. They lacked cooperation.
Someone knocked.
"Alash."
Cedric. I closed my eyes.
"Alash."
"I heard you."
"Then answer."
"I just did."
