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Now practice she could do.
After taking down the specifics of the incantation and wand movement in her notes, Maddie waited for Flamsteed to give them the go ahead and then stood up, eyes on her apple. "Derivo Gravitatem." It was a mouthful to say and it didn't feel natural just yet so she focused on getting that right, first. She repeated it several times, trying to remember how Flamsteed had said it. Once it felt right, she moved on, wand in hand.
Three times counter clockwise over the apple, closing the circle at the last syllable of the incantation. She could do that.
"Derivo Gravitatem...Derivo Gravitatem...Derivo Gravitatem..."
Or maybe she couldn't. The apple she'd tossed up post-spell came right back down and she caught it easily enough, but it wasn't the desired result.
Her timing must have been off.
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