Closing his eyes, Soren drew deep breaths, focusing on filling his lungs for four seconds, and exhaling for three. He remembered how his mother had taught him to cast his first few spells, how she'd taught him to visualize what he wanted, then manifest it into being. He focused on calm. He focused on how assured Cass was, how far he'd come in his own life. Opening his eyes, he blinked and slowly drew his hands down. "Well. They put these things through crash tests for a reason, I guess."