You can manipulate water at a distance. While you cannot affect water that is bound up in another pattern—such as the water in a life form—you can affect liquids that are mostly water, such as sea water, acid, swamp water or sewage. You can only cast this spell if you are near a sizeable body of water—ten tonnes or more, such as a river, pond or well.

You can move one cubic meter—one thousand liters, or one tonne—of water per quick or simple action spent on your turn, and may move it a distance of up to five meters, to a maximum of fifteen meters away from yourself. This includes the quick action you would use to Sustain this Spell. If you affect a smaller mass, you can propel it at astonishing speeds; this allows you to cast Water Lash as a Simple Action for no additional cost in Æther.

You cannot Sustain the Spell if you move more than ten meters away from a source of water.