"Because they are also spirits?"

"And because I don't know exactly where they are and I would have to risk being found by other spirits and magicians to try to find out."

"Oh. Why don't you know where they are?"

"Because my mother is a wind spirit and my father is a rain spirit and they both travel a lot."

"Can rain spirits make it rain?"

"Yeah."

"But you can't. Why?"

"I'm not a rain spirit."

"But rain is made of water."

"I mean...I probably could make it rain if I really wanted to, but I'd have to go insubstantial to get high enough to mess with clouds, and I don't really know what I'm doing enough that it wouldn't be obviously artificial."

"Oh. What if you practiced a lot?"

"Maybe...I'd still have to be insubstantial, though, so it would have to wait a few months at least."

Nod. "I think I could make it rain from here but it would be easier if I flew."

"That makes sense."

"I think there wouldn't be a rain elemental."

"Do you know why you think that?"

"Because I can do rain, so why would there be one for rain?"

"Spirits can get really specific."

"Oh."

"I don't know whether elementals can or not, though."

"I don't either. Maybe a rain elemental will come by."

"Maybe."

"What all kinds of spirits are there?"

"Lots. Wind water rain earth stone--different kinds of stone--plant--different kinds of plants--lightning ice snow river, um, fire, more kinds of weather, I think light, um..."

"Wow."