[X] Wait until Azura can afford to spend some time on you. Your parents would probably be upset if you tore and stained your clothes on the way back into the city.
-[X] Try mentally tugging on some Green mana to see what happens.
--[X] From your pendant.
You sit down and begin staring into your pendant once more. You're not entirely sure if it's a good idea to try controlling something that enormous, but it's worth a try, right? Worst case scenario, you die and (hopefully) go to Heaven. It's nothing your parents haven't threatened to do before when they think you're a lost cause. They can always start over with a child who isn't so difficult to raise.
...You get the vague feeling your stance toward death might be just a tad abnormal, judging by how much fuss Azura is kicking up.
Once you've gotten a vague idea of what you should be aiming for, you imagine reaching out and trying to tug part of the enormous substance into yourself. After several false starts, you actually succeed, much to your surprise.
(Ability Discovered: Green Mana Control [Rank 0])
The Green mana floods into your source and starts helping it grow several times faster. Apparently, the support structure for your source was starving. If you keep feeding it mana every few hours, you should be done within just a day or four.
Unfortunately, it also feels like your skin is burning from the inside out, but you're used to pain. Mostly. Okay, not really.
"I shall point out that making a wish would unlock your mana without the need for what appears to be an absurdly painful process. Assuming this is intentional, of course."
You try to remain conscious and keep funneling power, but quickly end up falling unconscious.
When you return to painful consciousness, it's to find Azura poking your side with a long stick. Night has already fallen, but there's enough leftover light from the city to see by.
"Good evening, sleepyhead! So I think your parents are prooobably going to be pretty upset with you. When I still had to deal with mine, I found staying out for a while was a pretty good way of getting them to forget about things. Try to time your return for when they're drunk. Like, really drunk. If you do it wrong, they'll just focus on you and it'll hurt even more."
...You're almost totally certain your parents don't really touch alcohol. It's supposed to be a horrible substance capable of poisoning minds and bodies alike.
"Anyway, wanna come over to my house? It'll be a lot easier to keep you safe from Witches there. And maybe we can do some fun stuff, like Monopoly!"
Azura pauses briefly, then giggles.
"This is a trick question. I'm kidnapping you, miss I-have-the-survival-instincts-of-a-lemming."
[] Go with Azura quietly. You're still wearing your tracking bracelet; your parents will come and pick you up soon enough. You don't think they'd punish you for being abducted... Well, mostly. They might pull you out of school.
-[] Don't mention your tracking bracelet, but say your parents would find you. They always do.
-[] Tell Azura about your timeframe for mana acquisition.
-[] While at Azura's house, keep feeding your source mana until it hurts too much to continue.
--[] Restrict this to times when Azura needs to spend large amounts of time out of the house.
-[] When Azura is around, try to spend time with her. You've never really gotten to play with anyone else before...
[] Try to convince her not to kidnap you.
-[] Tell her that if you keep trying to feed your source Green mana, it should only take you a few days to get magic. You can help her after that.
-[] Don't mention your tracking bracelet, but say your parents would find you. They always do.
[] Write-in
] "Hey! Some of my best friends are lemmings!"
