"Isabell?" Ashlynn prompted gently. "Its all right if you're a little bit frightened," she said in the most reassuring tone she could manage. "I've been frightened of myself more than once this past year. Just take your time," she suggested.
"Think about things that are familiar. You told me once how strong you felt when you learned how to use a crane with a counterweight," Ashlynn said, trying to think of something that might resonate with the master engineer. "Its the same now. You have all of that power at your fingertips to make something impossibly large move as you wish, but you have to work carefully or it will overbalance and fall apart."
"I, I think I understand," Isabell said, closing her silvery eyes as she tried to grasp hold of something that compared to the sensations she was feeling now.
