I scrapped a part of Splintershard chapter 7 'cause it didn't really seem to fit very well. · 4:17am May 13th, 2020
Now read a thing about Emily trying to levitate a pebble. This bit of story isn't canon anymore, so I feel like it'll be fine to dump it here.
"Let's... let's just get on with it," Starlight's voice sighed. "And before you ask, no, levitation doesn't necessarily need line-of-sight to work, nor do you need to point at anything."
Figures. No cool wand-wavy tricks, then.