A weak, stiff smile appeared on Adrien's mouth as he kept inhaling and exhaling; he understood that this was part of his training, too, but he had gotten rather frightened, and he was still reeling in. His emotions must have been evident on his face, however, as Valerion felt the need to add: "Even if you had failed, that fireball would have done no harm - but you couldn't have known that, and you reacted correctly to an unknown threat".

"Ah -- I -- I see -- I'm glad", Adrien said, still quite winded. He felt the need to sit down on the floor; Valerion walked towards him and crouched by his side, an expression of concern on his face.

"Are you alright?", he asked.

"I -- I think so", Adrien said. "I'm just a bit tired".

"That last spell must have taken a bit of a toll on you", Valerion commented.

"Yeah, I think so. I could have made a smaller wave", Adrien chuckled. "Speaking of which, could I -- could I ask for some water?".