The moment he thought no one was looking, Hawk darted back to the Wind Cores and snatched another. This time, however, there was no sudden, violent surge of power. Instead, a gentle stream of Wind Magic flowed from the stone into the bird, its body absorbing the excess energy at a much more deliberate pace.
"So the effect is only that potent the first time?" Rachel mused, flipping a lock of short black hair from her eyes. "It was a high-level