“(She’s saying all of this so casually... Can she really do something like an advanced form of Pyro? Seriously? Or was she able to combine two elements into a single one? Just who is she?)”

  Well as you can see, Anya is getting overwhelmed by the information that she’s getting from Kiana. It’s not that Kiana is saying something hard to understand but more so how she’s saying it and even a little bit of the contents themselves. It seems she can easily understand all of the technically that Kiana said how the Fireball worked and the same with the jet of water. What is getting to her is the skills Kiana said that she has.

  Let’s start with Magic Sense, this one alone allows the user to sense magic, just like we can smell for example. Elemental Sense allows the user to sense the element present in said magic, let’s use this example, a magic spell that is colourless and you’re seeing from afar, with this alone you have no clue what spell is being used, if you see a red magic circle on the other hand, you will quickly think that it is a Pyro spell. With Elemental Sense you can, as the name suggests, sense the element present in that spell even if the magic circle is colourless. Magic Control and Elemental Control are extremely similar, the first one allows you to control magic and its properties while the latter allows you to control the element/s in said magic. These two are what allows you to either use an advanced form of Pyro or to create a new element by combining two different ones. From this massive jabbering from yours truly, you can reach the conclusion that these skills are busted in the correct hands. As the Hero you can more than guess that I have all of these skills, and yes, I can do pretty neat stuff with them. Not that I can show you right now... So yeah, let’s keep going.

  Anya- Even then, I would guess that the magic usage will still be high, no?

  Kiana- At the very least it’s double the magic usage. The simpler the magic spells are, the easier it will be to decrease said magic consumption to a point that the difference will be none existent. However, I cannot say the same thing about the bigger spells, those ones are ridiculous. They consume tons of magic, and I mean that.

  Anya- That’s amazing and fascinating. I would never guess that magic worked in that way. It seems I still have much to learn in that department. Though you are a bit odd, you sure are very knowledgeable about magic, who was your teacher?

  “(Everything that she has said so far makes sense and from what I already know, I can easily see her point of view. But I really need to know who taught her this, someone with that much knowledge in this field, I believe it will help me out. Help me find a way to help out my sister… Her future.)”

  Here's a piece of information that I was not expecting. Well, everyone has their reasons and motives, Anya, Alice, even those students that were bullying Anya, everyone has some goal in mind and their actions are a reflection of it. Kiana is no exception of course, she seems to want to be the Magical Girl and because of that, we have already seen her somewhat act in that way.

  Kiana- Well, the majority I’ve learned by myself. I did have someone help me out in perfecting and getting better at using said skills, but I have “stumbled” upon all of them by myself. But, why do you ask that?

  Anya- Wait, wait, wait! You learned all of this by yourself!? How did you do that!? And when you say that, “you had someone helping you getting better at them”, does that mean said person also knew how to use them?

  Her green eyes are wide open with excitement, her jaw is also doing the same thing as she says all of this with said excitement. Not only that, she also gets closer to Kiana as she bombards her with excitement. Her hands are way up in the air at around head level, they are closed, gripping into themselves thanks to the sheer happiness she’s feeling right now. Yep, she’s quite amazed at what Kiana just said, wouldn’t you say?

  Kiana- Yes, once I have learned them, I showed said person the skill and from there, she taught me how to properly use them. Normally, I was playing around with magic when I ended up discovering the skills. I noticed a few odd things and from there, I did a few experiments here and there and boom! I just acquired a new skill for myself! Hohoho!

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  She laughs just like a generic rich lady would. Loudly, way too exaggerated and while touching her chin with the top part of her right hand. I don’t think that is where those rich ladies put their hands while laughing but oh well, she looks cute. Anya on the other hand, backs off a bit as she starts to question everything about herself. That is how easy Kiana made everything seem, these ridiculous achievements, all of those extremely useful skills. Seriously, even I with this, I would think that Kiana learned them in the heat of the moment and just because she wanted to. There is more to it of course, she did say that she had “help” from someone else so I wouldn’t wonder if said person guided her in the right path to learn said skills. It does not remove Kiana credit on actually getting them, but if you have someone guiding you towards the correct path to acquire said skills then, it makes it a hell a lot easier to acquire them. You can spend years and years trying to learn something only to never be able to learn it, all because you took the wrong path, you studied the wrong subjects, practiced the wrong practices and so on.

  “(She’s amazing! Even if she did have help, the fact that she was able to acquire those skills, it already proves how good she is. Maybe, maybe she can help me, but… Can I even ask her for it?)”

  Her green eyes are wide open just like before but this only lasts for a second or so until her gaze switches to her feet. She understands Kiana greatness and at the same time, she knows what to do. She needs her help, not only for her but also for her sister for whatever reason. We still don’t know why, but that will change if Kiana is by her side, don’t you think? Go on Anya, ask Kiana for her help. Don’t let the fear take over you, pride, or whatever it is stopping you from doing so.

  “(I-I have to ask her out! Say something! Please say it! Ask it!)”

  The struggle begins.

  While Anya is struggling internally, she’s also making quite the face while doing so. Her eyes switch gaze towards everything except Kiana herself, her eyebrows frown but then they relax, mere moments later they give out a sad feeling. The same happens to her green eyes, in a moment they are sharp just like normal, the next they are soft, ready to burst with tears. In fact, they seem to be a little bit watery. While all of this is happening to her, Kiana on the other hand, is getting worried, she does not understand what is happening and even if she asks “Is there something wrong?”, no answer comes out of Anya's mouth, adding even more worry to the already worried Kiana.

  “I-I!”

  These two syllables are the only thing that comes out of her mouth. After that, her brain then fails, she forgot what she was about to say, better yet, the fear took over everything. It left her with her mouth wide open, only making a few incomprehensive sounds with it.

  “(Please! Just say it for crying out loud! Please ask her!)”

  Desperation is now in full control. Panic is also there helping out the situation, so much so that she actually starts to cry. Tears descend down her smooth red cheeks. She wants it, she needs it and yet, she’s unable to ask for it. This is breaking her beyond what those students did a few moments ago to her. This is much more than herself, her petite self, it’s for someone that she holds dear and the frustration of not being able to ask for Kiana help is killing her from the inside.

  “(Dammit! Why! Why! Why am I like this? Why am I such a coward… I can’t never be like her let alone ask for her help if I’m like this…)”

  She bites her lower lip as she tries her utmost best to not cry but as you can see, she’s failing miserably. The flow of the tears increases with the passing of time and with it, her emotions are getting rampant inside of her. From desperation and panic, to frustration of not being able to say anything, to anger at herself for not being able to say it and of course, self-hatred. But then, a gentle soul decides to do its thing, her thing.

  Pat!

  “Eh?”

  The tears haven’t stopped yet, but this action did allow Anya to say something. It was a simple “Eh?” thanks to the unpredictable action from our lovely Kiana, something that she never saw coming even though this kind soul is right in front of her. Even if she was starting at Kiana, she still wouldn’t see it coming thanks to the emotions that she is feeling. Kiana has no clue what is happening inside of Anya's head and even we wouldn't know if the world itself didn’t decide to allow us to hear and know her thoughts and struggles. Though that does not mean that Kiana cannot see and understand that, something is wrong, and from there, her other persona took care of everything, or was it Kiana herself? Her left hand is gently raised over and towards Anya head, from there she brings it forward but she does so slowly, once her hand is fully at the top of Anya head, she let gravity do its thing, making her hand “land” on Anya head with a little bit of force behind it. It didn’t hurt of course but it was more than enough to bring her back to reality, the soft strokes that follow said landing, it also helped in calming Anya down.