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Galdrs.
Abra. Hated. Galdrs.
It wasn't that he had anything against them personally or anything, they were just so difficult to remember. There were a LOT of them, and a lot of parts to them, and it was easy to get all the individual components mixed up and turned around, but unfortunately they were a major part of the subject and used to do a lot of rune magic so... he couldn't really get around that. He thought - as he rummaged through his rune stones for Isa and Kenaz, squinting at each in turn in the candlelight until he found them both - about using his textbook to help him with the galdrs, but that would be no good. He struggled with reading in a well lit room, when he wasn't trying to focus on other things, so in this situation he'd probably only end up accidentally setting the textbook alight.
Once he found the right stones, Abra dithered around a moment before putting Kenaz into his left hand, then focusing on the flame. Putting all his focus and willpower into enlarging the flame was going to be a bit of a tall order, considering he'd need to concentrate a fair bit on remembering the galdr, but he'd... try? He'd try.
"Kenaz kenaz kenaz..." Okay, that was the easy part. "... um... ke ki ka... ko ... ku..." That was almost definitely wrong, but he was just going to go with it. "... ken... kin...? Kan kon kun... ok ek ik ak uk... kaunnnnnnn... kenaz kenaz kenaz... ke ki ko ku ka... ken kin kon kun kan... ok ek ik ak uk... kaunnnnnnn..."
He kept going in this manner, but nothing happened. The rune stone didn't glow, the candle flame didn't so much as flicker, unless you counted the way Abra's anxious breathing was making it dance. How he was supposed to concentrate on growing the flame when he couldn't even remember the galdr was totally beyond him. But he tried again anyway; maybe if he got it right enough times he might remember it, at least for this exercise.
"Kenaz kenaz kenaz..." Here, Abra stopped, listening to those nearest him, to get a better idea of the right order of 'ki's and 'ko's and 'ku's. "... ku... ka... ki... ke... ko... kun... kan... kin... ken... ok ek ik ak uk... kaunnnnnnnn..." So, that was the right way round, but he was being too slow, too hesitant, focusing on the words and not the energy of the rune. And now he'd already forgotten how the galdr went again. Merlin.
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