one.?
?Is that how you knew I can drown? Because you have power
over water??
?That was common sense. And I don?t have power over water, I?m
just at home in it,? he said. He turned to look her in the eye. When
he continued speaking it was in a tone that was excruciatingly similar
to the voice Lucas used when he?d taught her to fly, and it
tugged at Helen. ?You don?t think like a fighter yet. You have all
these amazing talents?talents most Scions would trade half the
years of their lives for?but you can?t use them because you don?t
think tactically. Just stop and use your head for a second. The
ocean isn?t a weapon, but it can kill. The air isn?t a weapon, but if I
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were to deprive you of it, you would die. The earth isn?t a
weapon . . .? he began.
?But if I were to slam into it hard enough . . . I get it,? she finished
for him, swallowing hard and staring out at the unforgiving
waves.
?Water is your Achilles? heel. It?s the one element you fear because
you have no control over it.?
Helen didn?t know how he had figured that out, but she knew he
was right. Somehow, even when she had been ignorant of her abilities,
she had known deep down on an unconscious level that she
had less to fear from three of the four elements. She could command
the air and summon winds, she could manipulate the gravity
of the ea
rth, and she could easily tolerate the heat of fire because in
order for her to create lightning she had to be able to withstand
temperatures that were hotter than any flame. But water was the
one element that rendered her completely helpless. Finally, she understood