"How have I been doing today?", Adrien said, turning his head.

"You've been doing splendidly", Val replied. "I think this is going to be our last day of Air magic. You're ready to move on to Earth spells".

"Oh, already?", Adrien commented. "It feels like I haven't been at Air magic for very long... has it even been a week?...".

"Two weeks, actually", Val said, leafing through his notes.

"Really!", Adrien exclaimed. He narrowed his eyes in a mellow smile. "I guess time goes faster when you're having fun".

Val smiled, but said nothing. He rifled through his notebook again. "I expect we'll be done with basic elemental magic by January or February. So far, you've been perfectly on schedule".

"Even with Water magic and --?".