Avani is a very patient teacher. I wasn’t expecting that. He’s really good at helping me to connect with my earth element and according to him, since I have elf DNA as well, it should be the easiest element for me to connect with.
“Close your eyes,” he says, his voice mesmerizing, like ancient words floating on a breeze. I do as he says.
“What do you smell?”
“People, elves mostly, but also a mix of scents, probably the hybrids.”
“What do you smell beyond that?”
I stretch my mind and my senses out. “Dirt, grass, trees, different types of trees,” I say.
“And beyond that?” he says softly, making me feel like I’m going into a trance.
“The cold of the mountain tops, the snow and ice up there. And then, there’s the heat from deep in the earth, the lava rolling around from deep down.”
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