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As far as the next question was concerned, AJ thought she had a good answer for that one. It was being asked to the whole class and not just Zeke, right? Either way AJ had an answer and she was just dying to give it. Her hand was raised. "What about Ehwaz? It's supposed to bring you power." And power was definitely something you would need if you worked in law enforcement.

"Yes, it brings power but power can be obtained via easier ways than runic magic. I personally can't see an officer bothering with runes just to boost his power." He smiled at the girl. Botros so would use runes for that.

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"Algiz," he offered, doing the usual little finger waggling thing as he held his hand in the air. "Because it's used for hunting, and what the law enforcement people do is sort of like hunting, when they try catching people. Also in the textbook its associated with Heimdallr and he's a protector, and the law enforcement people are protectors." Toby went to lower his hand but quickly raised it again. "Maybe also Thurisaz. Defensive forces and discipline and clearing out bad situations. Seems like it'd fit."

Aaaaand Tobias was going to stop there. He could have kept giving lots of runes, with all sorts of arguments for using them, but didn't want to keep talking too long.

Aha! Botros clapped twice to indicate how important this was. "Yeees, yes, very good. Algiz is definitely a part of the runes used for tracking and capturing. It is used for the protection after the hunt." He beamed at his apprentice.

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Ah yes. Aurors would find this subject rather useful. Way, to go Little Lion Man aka Zeke! Adi continued to make his notes and using the time to think about an answer for the next question.

"I think Sowilo could be one, Professor,'' the fourth year Puffer said after some moments and raising his hand. That rune had something to do with success, right? The MLE people would want success at finding the bad guys.

Sowilo? Hmmm. "Maybe, if you explain why you think so." He smiled at the Hufflepuff.

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After giving the next question some thought Lux raised her hand to give an answer. "What about Wunjo. It deals with motivation and success in any endeavour. So it's useful to motivate the MLEs and give them success in catching the bad guys." Made sense to her at least.

Aww, that was cute. Botros chuckled and nodded his head. "That's a brilliant idea. Maybe we should make them pendants with Wunjo carved on it to keep it at their offices." He was 100% serious, Ab loved the idea.

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After several moments and another question being asked, he raised his hand, having a rune to offer........It was a pretty good one, too, he thought. "Tiwaz, professor."......There was a pause as he'd flushed a little. ".....victory and success in legal matters; leadership and authority.........uh, self sacrifice?"....Which, that seemed important for wizards and witches putting their lives on the line.

Maybe.

Aaah. "Teiwaz would be another inspirational rune for the MLE department, yes. I wouldn't say they use it in their practical activities, though." But Botros was thinking they could add it to the Wunjo pendant Lux had come up with. Oh he loved his students' minds.

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Lotus listened as each student gave their input, and she agreed with Tobias when it came to Thurisaz, mainly because that's the first one that came to her mind. And since she wasn't going to repeat an answer, then she considered the others. The list grows long, though, for each rune can bring something useful to the MLE, yet one in particular came to mind. Hand raised, "I'd say Ansuz." Wait, she had her reasons, of course. "For wise decisions, and justice." Wise. Yes, her best friend needed wisdom. But seriously, mind and body balance? That also seemed like a perfect fit for MLE.

Oh! Another bingo! Botros clapped twice once again, urging the class to pay attention to this one. "Ansuz is one of the essential runes used in tracking! It's not just about wisdom, it is about communication and signal-tracking." It might have been a lucky shot by Wisteria but he beamed at her all the same.

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"Professor I think Uruz could work because it deals with physical strength and speed and can bring out your untamed potential." I mean hey you might need speed to catch criminals and to find out your potential while dealing with the law.

"Great answer!" He clapped in Kace's direction, too. "Let me tell you all a secret. When we're making Runic charms, Uruz can almost always be added to strengthen the bonds or the magic of the runes." He smiled at the Hufflepuff kid for guessing right, too.

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"What about Hagalaz? It's good for breaking destructive patterns and removing unwanted influences. Those would be like...the Dark Wizards that congregate down in Knockturn Alley and other places around Britain, yeah?"

She was sure they'd have liked to remove them, it was kinda like their job afterall.

"That's a great theory, yes. Hagalaz would be great for interrupting a disturbance. Maybe form a protective ward that repels ill-willed magic. It'd require great care, though." He scratched his chin thoughtfully, his eyes showing how exciting this was to him.

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Zhenya wasn't sure what runes would be helpful for tracking purposes. No idea at all. She barely knew any runes, so she raised her hand to give a suggestion of the only rune she did know by memory, "Professor, perhaps Thurisaz could be used as a tracking rune? It means… giant, and if someone is trying to track someone, they can put a Thurisaz rune on them to make them giant, then the magical law enforcers would easily know where they would be. Because they'd be giant."

Ohhh dear Odin. Those students were brilliant. Botros chuckled, and knowing that Thurisaz didn't work that way, he didn't have the heart to crush the girl's fantasy. "That sounds a great plan, dear. Though using a rune for that purpose would be impossibly difficult. And pointless." It wasn't easy to invoke a rune and get it to be magical, after all.

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HE GUESSED WHAT THEY WERE DOING?!?!!?!?! The boy was BEYOND excited, ecstatic and any other emotion that would have him bouncing in his seat - which in fact he WAS doing. Bouncing. BOUNCING. Cause HELLOOOOOO!!!! HE WAS LEARNING THINGS THAT COULD BE USEFUL! So... come summer, when he'd be back in the Ministry, he could like.. HELP them with their cases and like, TEACH them about the Rune stuff! He could show them how to traaaaccckkkkk!!!!

From the little he knew about Runes, all he could do was flip through the text book and hope to be useful... of course, everyone else seemed to beat him to it. But he DID find SOMETHING, that MIGHT be useful...

Hand raised, and still more bouncing in his seat, "What about Laguz? It says it's good for uncovering hidden things? Maybe the baddies have hidden magic or like how they try to cover their tracks... so Laguz might be good for uncovering them, right?" Please say he was right and that he could be EPIC and write home and tell EVERYONE about his awesomeness. Zeke was completely okay with bragging about this. COMPLETELY.

Botros was still impressed with the boy's effort. "Aah, Laguz sure would be useful in that case. It's not in the usual tracking charm, but if added, it would help detect any shams in the atmospheres. Magical shams." He nodded, beaming at the young Gryffindor.

Anyway. It was time they got on with the real deal.

Botros went to stand in front of the blackboard, his wand in hand and obviously preparing to explain some serious matters. "Well done everyone guessing those runes. Today, we're going to learn about the real track and capture charms. They're not traditionally used by the MLE because they require excellence in the Ancient Runes field and it's usually time-consuming. Though, I do believe they use the capture charm for extra security in the red-code cells." Red code? Super important and secure? Get it?

"So, to make a tracking charm, we need to draw the runes in a circular series, like so."

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"Uruz is used to strengthen the Runic charm, and to boost the other runes' magic. We have Ansuz as the main rune, repeated four times, and it is because it's a rune of signals and communication. It follows and tracks the magical signals or energy of the wanted person, or object if it was powerfully magical." He paused before continuing, "Then we have Perthro, the rune of mystery and hidden things. It directs the other runes to look for the hidden magic and leave the uncovered magic out of the tracking processing. Then in the middle..." He pointed at the rune. "... we have a combination of Raidho and Isa."

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"I have two questions for you. One, why did I draw the runes as a circle? Not a triangle or a straight line?" He was counting on his fingers. "Two, what do the runes Raidho and Isa, bound together like that, mean or have to offer to this tracking charm?" It was really easy if they looked into their textbooks.