The days passed by, and Adrien still could not find a way to cast a Water spell. He spent hours upon hours in his effort to fill that empty glass, and in the evening he'd have to leave the glass just as empty, with his goal seeming no closer than it had been before. He had been trying everything he could, but he had to acknowledge that he was running out of ideas. Adrien spent these days swinging between bouts of determination and utter self-doubt. There were many moments in which he feared that he'd never get it, and that he'd be stuck trying Water spells until his beard grew long and his bones frail.