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Kaya started to feel anxious and a sweat started to bead up on his forehead as he spoke. "Mostly Aeromancy...but I can do a little Hydromancy and Cryomacy too. Why couldn't I have been like Kember?" he muttered the last part, refering to his bibliomancer half brother. Kember was the perfect example of a well trained mage. He could perform the most complicated spells from memory and he hadn't had but one partner so far. He hated it that Kember was twelve years older than him....meaning he was only twenty-nine now."Damn that Bibliomancer b*****d!" he muttered again, but loudly enough this time for people to hear him, he could barely hear himself though due to the ringing in his ears. He didn't realize it was coming from Kuno's backpack.

"It doesn't matter. I'm just jealous of the control over their magick they were born with. Me....I've got nothing but trouble." he spun the rod in between his fingers, but only managed to make a hovering disk of ice, melting as it spun."See?" he slapped the disk with his free hand, shattering the fruit of his pathetic spell."I need help. And a lot of it."

"Interesting...I may be able to help...." Kuno said softly, pulling a small silver band carved with runes out of his pocket. "This increases the effectiveness of magics...put it on and try the spell again..." he said, holding out the small carved ring.

"Thank you." Leif said, with a little less purr in his voice. He was silently practicing. Though it was quite difficult, balancing speaking and pressing it down all while trying not to fall asleep. The aroma of the tea didn't make that any easier. He sipped it gratefully, his eyelids lowering at the warmth. The heat didn't bother him, heat had never really affected him. Though now he could see there was a reason for it.

"Well... I bumped into him, made an earthquake happen, then we almost killed each other, and now I've followed him home for tea and chit chat." Leif's voice dripped with sarcasm, though his quickly recounted tale was completely true. The tea was making him feel much better, but not any more awake. At least he wasn't paranoid and freaking out anymore.

"I should. But what happens when I sleep? Will the me that's not me come out to play, or will it let my body rest?" The purring edge was coming back into his voice. His body was falling asleep without him, leaving only the concious and the subconcious to fight in a battle of wills. But the concious receeded with the body. Leif was coiled up with his fingers tangled in the handle of the empty coffee mug, and there was a slight scent of trees about. Of course it wasn't as bas as before, the other was trying to let Leif's body rest as much as it needed to without disturbing it. Even those pale eyes were closed, closed so you couldn't see the emerald tones shining.

"Thank you..." Leif's voice and the voice of the earth sounded off together, low tones like gravel crunching melding with the softer, huskier sound of the man's. He didn't know why he trusted the kid, his tea could've been drugged, but something about the mix of magic and tea put him right out. However, the smell of tree's still lingered in the air, signifying that the other was still close enough to the surface to listen and learn and protect. It wasn't all bad, after all.