Lailani, still unsatisfied with the vague answer, decided a different approach. "The reason I ask is that you are very talented in water magic. I was wondering if it wasn't too much trouble for you to stay and help my students."
Aleki was surprised at his mother's forward proposal. "My mom teaches water magic to the kids on the island that can use it."
Lailani nodded. "While I try to show my students as much as I can, I think they could all learn a lot if you demonstrated a few things." Secretly, she had another reason for asking Fluvial to stay. Aleki was always so competitive and stubborn when it came to the other children, and there weren't many his age on the island. The elemental, surprisingly, was someone her son got along with. Perhaps it was selfish, but...every mother wanted her child to have a friend.
