The second lesson went better than the first.
Selene had Aegis cycling through basic divine exercises, pulling light into her palms, holding it, shaping it into a small orb, and then letting it dissipate. Simple stuff. Foundational. The kind of thing a first-year priest would learn in their first month at a seminary.
Aegis nailed every single one.
Not perfectly, mind you. The light flickered sometimes, and the orb wobbled when she held it for too long, but the energy came when she called it, and it didn't reject her. She could see Selene recalculating with each successful attempt, that calm, pleasant mask shifting as the data stopped matching her hypothesis.
"Your control is improving," Selene said, watching Aegis hold a steady orb for a full ten seconds before it fizzled out.
"I'm a fast learner."
"You are." Selene was quiet for a moment. Then she asked, "Can I ask you something, Mrs. Starcaller?"
"Aegis is fine. And sure."
