Bab 544: 544. Trench

Walker was stumbling here and there with his eyes closed but he couldn't properly grasp the earth elemental mana without doing so. He struggled on and felt a soft nudge from Midnghts' nose here and there to keep him from going astray. His feeling of safety increased all the while knowing that his party was always doing their best to protect him. 

He knew that he would need to focus more on the earth elemental mana but was having trouble letting the feeling and worry of falling. The fact that he was keeping his eyes close was not helping this and he felt that every time his foot would lift it might become caught or he could end up playing it improperly on a stone or root. 

However, Walker was not one to give up. He persisted to take a step over and over and soon found that he was noticing the nudges from Midnight less and less. He wasn't sure if this was because he was staying on the path much better or if he was not noticing the feeling any longer.