Andy held as much mana as he could in the palm of his hand, channeled directly from his core. He tossed it into the air, focusing on it, forming a ball. It did. A ball roughly two feet in diameter floated in the center of the room. Andy moved it around, lifting things up gently and setting them back down that the ball passed through.
He moved it on himself and turned up the gravity. He felt himself pulled to the ground. He released it and lessoned the gravity instead. He was floating now. He guided the ball around the room, trying to keep himself inside of it. With careful manipulation, he could use this to fly. He found the greater he altered the gravity, the faster his mana drained. So far, any attempts at a second ball had led to splitting his concentration too much, and both fizzed out.
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