It took a lot longer than Cale expected for Akkau to finish with his testing—enough that the awkward silence lapsed into something a little more comfortable. Cale, for his part, tried to be a little more attentive to what the old dragon was doing, aware that if nothing else he was trying to help him; just because he'd approached a hundred other magic instructors before didn't mean this time wouldn't be different.
Really, it was already different, in a way. It was the first time he'd seen attunement papers! Cale couldn't for the life of him remember what his natural attunement was; he'd had it measured once, he was pretty sure, but...
That was so many lifetimes ago. There was a point where it simply hadn't mattered anymore, and he'd long since passed that point. Honestly, he was pretty sure he'd forgotten more things about himself than most people would ever learn.
