It's not as though he hasn't tried this on his own before, more than once. Given that, he feels pretty confident that he won't hurt himself - at least not in the strictest sense of the the word. There is some aching that comes along with what he's going to do, but that's more or less normal given the shard. He can deal with that just fine.
So he shifts his focus fully to the dummy, keeping his hand steady, taking a breath, and...nothing happens. The mark in his hand continues to stay exactly as it was a few seconds ago, not shifting or moving or doing anything, really. And the dummy stays right where it is as well, not that it should really be expected to do much in general.
After a few long moments of nothing, Jamie lets out a sigh of frustration, and starts to turn back towards Hermione to say something. It's only then that the mark in his hand seems to react, flaring to life and then, quite suddenly, shooting out a beam of light, similar to the rift energy that comes out when they try to close the rifts, but much more focused. Luckily, Jamie hasn't moved his hand, so the beam winds up effecting the dummy rather than anything else, giving it a good solid hit to its chest. On a person it would've staggered them, but all the dummy does is sway back a little before settling back into place.
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It's not as though he hasn't tried this on his own before, more than once. Given that, he feels pretty confident that he won't hurt himself - at least not in the strictest sense of the the word. There is some aching that comes along with what he's going to do, but that's more or less normal given the shard. He can deal with that just fine.
So he shifts his focus fully to the dummy, keeping his hand steady, taking a breath, and...nothing happens. The mark in his hand continues to stay exactly as it was a few seconds ago, not shifting or moving or doing anything, really. And the dummy stays right where it is as well, not that it should really be expected to do much in general.
After a few long moments of nothing, Jamie lets out a sigh of frustration, and starts to turn back towards Hermione to say something. It's only then that the mark in his hand seems to react, flaring to life and then, quite suddenly, shooting out a beam of light, similar to the rift energy that comes out when they try to close the rifts, but much more focused. Luckily, Jamie hasn't moved his hand, so the beam winds up effecting the dummy rather than anything else, giving it a good solid hit to its chest. On a person it would've staggered them, but all the dummy does is sway back a little before settling back into place.