Early this morning after making sure someone was awake to take care of Mary I went into town to see Mr. and Mrs. Pollack. Mr. Pollack was already out helping one of his neighbors check on family that lived out in the countryside. After twenty minutes of me trying to get my point across with hand signs Mrs. Pollack found a pad of paper and a pencil for me to carry around so we could communicated. Once she finally knew what I was trying to ask she agreed to work with me more in learning her ability to make dirt flow like a liquid. We decided together to call her talent liquid earth, just to give it a name. She, and I, seem to be limited to moving dirt or sand that doesn't have very many rocks in it. If there are rocks they seem to kind of float down to the bottom of whatever patch of dirt we are working with, being too heavy to flow with the rest of their surroundings. I found that if I increase the amount of energy I am focusing that the density of the dirt I am moving decreases, which allows rocks to simply float to the bottom of the less dense dirt moving around them. Moving dirt in this way is more difficult when there are more rocks present, particularly if the rocks are heavy. By the time Mr. Pollack returned home this evening Mrs. Pollack and I had moved every inch of her yard to a new location. All of the heavier rocks had shifted to about two feet below ground level because two feet was as deep as either Mrs. Pollack or I could get and still make the dirt move. Unfortunately our practicing also left most of her yard void of any grass. On the positive side new grass shouldn't have any trouble growing considering the soil is now clear of rocks and freshly turned, not to mention perfectly flat across the entire yard.
Mr. Pollack wasn't too happy about the ruined grass, but he still agreed to work with me to learn his talent. I picked up on what he does much faster than I did Mrs. Pollack's talent because Mr. Pollack's abilities have to do with manipulating the wind and uses the same air energy that Lindsay uses. There isn't a lot to Mr. Pollacks talent beyond using energy to push the air around how he wants it to move. The most difficult part of learning what Mr. Pollack does is using energy that he creates outside of his body. Until now I assumed that when people used their abilities it was by creating energy inside of their body and then moving it outward to do what they do. Mr. Pollack says that is how he does it too, but that's not what I'm seeing. There is nothing and then there is something. Even when Mr. Pollack describes where his energy is I can't see it until he gets to the part where he describes how he changes the feeling of it to grab the air. At that point I see the energy he is describing surrounded in a yellow glowing aura. It really threw me at first. I think I know what it means now. The energy that we create originates inside of us, but it isn't until we change it to a usable form that I am actually able to see it. My mind translates the energy's aura into a color so my mind can process it. The different colors are related to different uses. At least that's what I've come up with. Now I need to figure out how to tell where the energy I can't see is at. Mr. Pollack has agreed to help me try and figure it out.
Lindsay is upset that I keep going into town and leaving her at home to be bored. I agreed to take her along with me to the Pollack's tomorrow while I work with Mr. Pollack. Maybe they'll be able to learn from each other as well since they both use the same kind of energy, who knows. Mary overheard us talking about it and wanted to come too, but I'm not ready to let her leave the safety of our house just yet. I'm still not comfortable with everything that's going on in town. I don't really want Lindsay down there either, but at least she's old enough to know that it is dangerous. There weren't any explosions in town while I was down there today, but that could just mean the ones doing it felt like taking a day off. I'll have to be a lot more comfortable with it before I let Mary or Grandma come into town. Grandma seems to be content with staying home. Mary might be a little trouble though.
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