"Uruz uruz uruz, u u u u u u u u u, u u u u u u r r r r r r, u u u u u u u u u...Uruz uruz uruz, u u u u u u u u u..."

Was that...glowing? Sam almost did a double take at the rune laying flat in the palm of her right hand. Somehow, it hadn't taken 50 thousand repetitions of the galdr today, and only three or four. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least, and a smile curled on her lips.

Well then...time to try aguamenti again. Rising to her feet, Sam found a clear patch of the hedge. Seeing others get knocked off balance by their attempts, she spread her feet and kept her knees soft to hopefully give her a better centre of gravity. A silent wave of her wand, and a stream of water appeared from the tip once more. It didn't knock her over, her preparation doing its job, but she could tell it was more powerful. Whereas the parabola the water made previously had done a good job of reaching just above the roots, it now easily hit the hedge about half way up.

Maybe, just maybe, she was starting to get rune magic.