[He runs a critical gaze over the tree, weighing what it is now against what it was before. It's a start. And the circumstances now are not what they once were. She will get better, he knows. The first steps are always the shakiest.]

Learning to wield the power is substantially more instinctive when there is a vacuum waiting to be filled. Within the parameters of a fully defined universe, there will often be resistance. Especially if the universe in question is not yours.

It is a good start.