"Don't worry", Val said. "You'll get there. It's only been one day; I'm sure you can do it if you continue practicing".

"...but, actually, the more I think about it", Adrien continued, "the more I keep coming to the conclusion that maybe it's just that I'm not a Water magic sort of person".

Val narrowed his eyes. "Why not?".

Adrien shrugged. "Well, you know, I'm hardly... mystical and flowy".

"...That does not mean that you cannot do Water magic", Val replied.

"But I was thinking about what you'd said, how you'd described the element of Water", Adrien said in a lower voice, "and that sounds... beautiful, but not very me".