Valerion tilted his head, and smiled again. "Don't worry, it will be a while before we begin". He rocked backwards from where he sat on his haunches to seat himself on the floor, the toes of his black shoes peeking out from the hem of his dark teal robe. "I should explain the theory to you before we begin. If you recall, when you began the study of defense magic, I briefly mentioned that it can also be used against abstract threats, rather than just tangible ones".

"Yeah, I remember that", Adrien nodded.

"Well, I believe that you are ready to try your hand at that", Valerion said, smiling. "You have been doing excellently with the paper balls, but I can understand that to you, right now, the usefulness of learning how to destroy paper balls might be somewhat limited...".

Adrien chuckled, his head tilted on one side. "Well, yes, it might have been more useful back when I was in middle school", he giggled. "But -- I don't know, I thought that burning the papers was fun".