| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: eyes from the strange creatures--a fact that was to prove her
undoing, for in order that she might see them she was forced to
expose a part of her own head and presently, to her
consternation, she saw that one of the creatures had stopped his
work and was staring directly at her. She did not dare move, for
it was still possible that the thing had not seen her, or at
least was only suspicious that some creature lay hid among the
weeds. If she could allay this suspicion by remaining motionless
the creature might believe that he had been mistaken and return
to his work; but, alas, such was not to be the case. She saw the
thing call the attention of others to her and almost immediately
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: werena another Graeme in the land but himsell!"
She proceeded to say, that she was carried southward along with
the party, and the spoil which they drove before them, until they
had crossed the Border. Suddenly a person, known to her as a
kinsman of Westburnflat, came riding very fast after the
marauders, and told their leader, that his cousin had learnt from
a sure hand that no luck would come of it, unless the lass was
restored to her friends. After some discussion, the chief of the
party seemed to acquiesce. Grace was placed behind her new
guardian, who pursued in silence, and with great speed, the
least-frequented path to the Heugh-foot, and ere evening closed,
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