Roselyn's first controlled use of the death spirit lasted approximately four seconds and destroyed a load-bearing wall.
This was, by Thar's account, significant progress. The previous attempts had destroyed two tables, a very unfortunate spider habitat, and the better part of Roselyn's own dignity. A wall was at least structural.
"The problem," Thar said, crouching beside the rubble with his magnifying glass deployed, "is directionality. She's releasing the mana correctly but the death attribute destabilises matter without discrimination. Stone, air, her own hair — it doesn't distinguish." He looked up at Roselyn with the expression of a man who found genuine scientific interest in most situations, including this one. "Have you tried visualising a target before you release?"
