"You should draw with your whole body, not just with your fingers. Otherwise, it will never work".

Adrien's hands shook, and he dropped the chalk. "I -- I'm sorry, I --".

"No, no -- there's nothing to be sorry about", Valerion said in a soothing tone. "The point of this first exercise was to see where to start from. Now I can give you better directions to your goal. Don't worry, you'll get there".

"What -- what am I to do?", Adrien replied, on the verge of tears.

"First and foremost, sit down on the floor", Valerion said, and did the same himself. Adrien hesitated for a second, then followed suit and sat on the floor across from his mentor. He stared at him, puzzled.