Control of the elements is a blessing from the gods.

[Vennessa clasps her hands behind her back and looks around the clearing she had found him in. There seem to be several little openings like this along the path she had been following but none of them looked quite so well-kept. Had he done this work, she wonders, or had he simply taken advantage of the isolation and open space granted by someone else's effort?

Her attention wanders but her mind doesn't.]

I have never been granted the ability, but I never felt I needed it.

[Then she smiles at him.]

The magic in this world is very interesting. I've just started trying to learn it.