Red Ponytail had originally wanted Louise to rest for the night before starting her lessons, but Louise clung to her relentlessly. Left with no choice, Red Ponytail took Louise out of the room and to a secluded clearing behind the academy. Louise was already impatient to begin.
"Then how am I supposed to learn this thing called Psionic?"
Louise looked excited and uneasy. She was excited because she had finally found the reason she had never been able to cast magic, but she was uneasy because she had never tested it before. What if the method SABER provided still did not work for her? What would she do then? Where would she go from there?
Thinking about it made Louise somewhat anxious.
"Ahem. Calm down, Louise."
Seeing how worked up Louise was, Red Ponytail simply called her by name.
"We should start with the basics. That means understanding the nature of Psionic... Hmm, first of all, don't think of Psionic as something special. Think of it as an instinct."
"...An instinct?"
"That's right. When you learn magic, you imagine it in your mind, recite the incantation, and then cast the spell, correct?"
After watching for an entire day, Red Ponytail had more or less grasped the nature of magic in this world. Louise nodded as well.
"But Psionic is different. Using Psionic... Hmm, rather than magic, it's more like physical training."
"Physical... training?"
"That's right. Take running, for example. If you want to run faster, you practice. The more you practice, the faster you run. When you want to speed up or slow down, you simply control your body... You understand that, right?"
"Mm... I do understand that..."
Louise nodded.
"But isn't magical power something you're born with too?"
"I'm not saying the way you use magic is wrong. After