Yes. Nowadays each wizard can control one kind of element. The element tend to run in families. Water families, earth families... though there are some families that will have multiple types within. But no one can control all four... [She hesitates briefly.] Except Alec. But he's, as I'm sure you've gathered, special.
[And I swears to God I came up with this way back in the mid-nineties before Avatar the Last Airbender was ever thought of.]
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[She is unrepentant. Mortal.]
Yes. Nowadays each wizard can control one kind of element. The element tend to run in families. Water families, earth families... though there are some families that will have multiple types within. But no one can control all four... [She hesitates briefly.] Except Alec. But he's, as I'm sure you've gathered, special.
[And I swears to God I came up with this way back in the mid-nineties before Avatar the Last Airbender was ever thought of.]