version of the same spell that did the same thing to insects. The other spell he could use was IMagic Absorption Barrier , a spell that created a barrier that
absorbed Mana that it came into contact with, something that had no immediately no visible effects.
He wanted to show Darcia, his mother, that he could use magic, but that proved difficult. It would be simple to show her that he could l'absorbl her spells,
but she never used her spiritual magic in his sight.