Mm... it's just that I don't know what other method to use. Chanting has always helped me focus, and it seemed pretty effective... maybe my problem was that I got confident enough not to use it.

[...though that doesn't sound quite right, either. Confidence isn't a bad thing, not unless it develops into cockiness. And he'd hit that point, he knows- his argument with Loki before he and Teddy were kidnapped proves that, in hindsight.

So. Confidence good, ego bad. But how to figure out the balance between? He frowns tightly, mulling it over.]