Wu Long was sitting in a meditative pose with closed eyes on a natural rock at the center of a small pond in a garden.
Small and larger rocks with metal ore peeking in several places were floating around him, moving in complex trajectories, small flames dancing amid the rocks, drawing whimsical patterns in the air.
Metal - in the classical theory of Five Elements - was born from Earth, and signified maturity of structure.
For some time now, Wu Long tried to comprehend the essence of a Metal Rune with Earth Rune alone.
But after obtaining the Fire Rune, his thoughts shifted to forging metal out of the earth with the flame, burning away the dust and smelting it into structure.
However, while he could melt metal ore, and purge the impurities with fire, he could not control metal, or feel it's presence like he did with elements he did control.
That ephemeral feeling he got when he obtained each of his Runes was seemingly out of reach.
