What they said.

Was that a decent answer?

Alice wasn't quite sure what a water hand looked like, so instead of offering an explanation, she asked a question instead. "Can other creatures have palm types too, professor?" She listed to a few more answers before piping up with another question. "Like merpeople. And leprechauns and goblins and elves and things. Can you tell if their hands go to a certain element?"

This was confusing. Hmph.

Ice cream?

Blink.

Did no one else see this? The blonde GRINNED at Daichi and eyed her bowl eagerly. Yum. Yum. Yum. BEAM!

Heh. A wet hand? Tobias!Cutie pie earned a smile for that one though Ella was sure that wasn't what Professor Elwood was looking for. At least he was trying. Grin!

As for the answer to the question, lots of people had already answered and Ella didn't want to repeat answers. Instead she took some notes and beamed and bounced cause ice cream and she was happy, okay? Yup.

Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.

As Kace was drifting off in divination, he heard the professor beginning the lesson. He snapped out of his trance. He was quite good at dazing but then again being alert at the same time.

She was talking about hand types dealing with the elements. He was quite curious what his was. He was examining his for a bit till he heard the professor ask a question. What were the characteristics of a water hand? He heard Tobias answer and that seemed logical to Kace. He chuckled at that answer. It was simple yet smart enough to get by. He appreciated that. It seemed like an answer that Nigel would say.

He didn't wanna repeat any other of the students answers, so he just sat there diligently and recorded some of the answers in his notebook.

Scratch....Scratch....Scratch....and more scratching......

Which one would be the right answer?

Mo stared down at his own hands, trying to figure out which of the descriptors the professor had used so far best fit him. None of them? Did that make him a water palm or whatever?

He raised his hand. "Professor, water hands are long-fingered, with an oblong palm. Sorta... like the air palm but more rounded." Also... he sort of mentally forgave her for smooching with Flamsteed since she'd praised him. Sort of, at least.

Mika blinked at the information for a minute before she moved to jot it all down. Scribbling as fast as her hand – and quill could move. SCRIBBLE- scraping sound - SCRIBBLE – scraping sound – SCRIBBLE…there, her notes were done.

She beamed, at her handiwork and looked up at Professor Elwood as she asked about water hands. Water hands? There was one guess – they probably are the outlier in the group and don’t feature a square palm.

Listening to the answers she waited before raising her own hand. ”Professor do the water hands have an oval shape to them…guessing that because water is easier to pick up in a rounded thing then well, with a square.”

"Ma'am, I just thought you were asking if we'd heard about them....Not specifics." ...because obviously Dylan knew what they were and what they related to. He was one of the smart kids in this lesson, after all.

Not the smartest...because that was West...but definitely top five.

Moving on...

Doing as the Professor instructed, the Captain lifted his hand up and held it out in front of his face...and then she was going on about how to tell which palm went to what element. From her brief descriptions, Dylan figured he probably had an air palm...which seemed totally legit with his love of flying and all......but given what he knew about water palms from the textbook, he could probably also relate it to water.

"An oblong palm with long fingers...Oblong being more rectangular than the aformentioned square..." He eyed his palm some more... "It's hard to tell with mine."

THEY GOT ICE CREAM? REALLY?

The blonde woman got grins -- BIG GRINS -- from the sixteen year old and a small two finger salute. Because ICE CREAM! They actually got to eat ice cream in a class and HE WAS REALLY HAPPY NOW. He took hold of the bowl and placed it down near the centre of the table. Couldn't have the ice cream falling on the floor, can we? NOPE.

Oh... they were doing some hand... exercise thing. Alec reluctantly tore his eyes away from the bowl of ice cream and looked up to see what the Professor was doing. He held up his hand to where he thought a foot away from his face would be and stared at his palm. Erm... how was he meant to tell these things? To him, his hand was, well, his hand. It was useful for picking up the spoon to eat his ice cream and to catch the Snitch and just for being his hand.

Shaking his head, the boy let out a small chuckle at Tobias's answer before scribbling down what the other were saying about a water hand. He placed his quill down and held up his hand about a foot away from his face, observing it some more. Which... hand type...

... He was confused now. All because of his hand and what type it was. BLINK.

Notes. Yes she was taking them done just like in every other class. She refused to miss even an inch of important information because NEWTs were coming closer and closer. SO MORE NOTES YES. ALWAYS.

Buuut copy the professor with the whole hand thing. She did that and could almost immediately tell what kind of hands she had. Air. For definite her fingers were skinny and almost exactly as how Professor Elwood described an air hand to be. This question though, based on water hands. She thought about that.

Hmmmmm..what could be associated with that? Few words came into Nessie's mind and it was all guesses, but worth a try right? Because saying something was better than saying nothing again and these guesses in the Puffs opinion were pretty decent ones.

Raise hand then. "Professor, I'd say water hands would be soft because water reminds me of moist and sweat which usually causes softness." That made sense? Yep? Cause that's all she had.

Cassia raised her hand and stared examining her own hand wondering what type of hand was hers. Her palm was...normal. Weren't all palms? But she was going to say hers was kinda squarish. And her fingers were thin but not too long neither were short. Relative to the size of her hand. Though, this wasn't the question which Professor Elwood wanted answered, no? Before Cassia thought about the water hands, she wrote down some notes on the hands' types. Interesting information and might be in exam which make them more interesting.

By the time she finished scribbling, many had answered the question. She didn't have many information and what she knew wasn't going to add anything new so she decided to not speak. And just smile at the Hufflepuff firstie's answer. His made sense, no?

Then back to examining her hand. She really wasn't yet sure of what type it was. Could it be a mix of two? Naaaaaah.

Peyton remembers reading something about this. She mulled it over until she was sure she had it, then raised her hand. "Water hands are short and oval and usually with fingers equal to the height of the palm," she said, totally happy she remembered this.

The redhead studied her palm. What kind of hand did she have? Hmm. Hmm.

Sitting behind her desk she stared not so interested at the professor, she had lost her interest for the lesson because he now was a little tired. She had stayed up for too long, but she had actually done something good, she had studied and had forgotten to keep track on the time, and now she started to feel the lack of sleep. She made slowly a few notes but didn’t looked to enthusiastic while she worked. She also didn't answered his question, just because she didn't wanted to.

Jory's hand flew over his book as he quickly wrote notes as Professor Elwood described the hands. So, what were the characteristics of the water hand? Hmmmm. He mulled over his notes before raising his hand. "They're oval at the palms and the fingers are long,'' he said. Maybe he had gotten at least one of the descriptions right?

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What they said.

Was that a decent answer?

Alice wasn't quite sure what a water hand looked like, so instead of offering an explanation, she asked a question instead. "Can other creatures have palm types too, professor?" She listed to a few more answers before piping up with another question. "Like merpeople. And leprechauns and goblins and elves and things. Can you tell if their hands go to a certain element?"

This was confusing. Hmph.

Calista had been prepared for the guesses the students had on what the water hand looked like, but she was not prepared for the question the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain posed. "A very good question Miss Fischer. I actually not completely sure if those creatures would be able to lumped into the same category as humans, witches, and wizards. But the types of creatures you mentioned, all being human-like, would or should have their own guidelines for the study of hands in Divination." She paused and thought about the large stacks of books in her office and whether or not any of them contained information on this.

"I will have to research that before I can give a definite answer but my guess would be that they do have hand types like us, even if they are not the exact same." If she didn't have information on it perhaps she could have Leo help her find it. Hopefully she would find out because Callie would love to test it out if she could get her hands on a House Elf!

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Tobias perked up a bit as the prfoessor elaborated. Matching? With the houses? OOH WHICH ONE WAS HUFFLEPUFF?

He actually sat up a little straighter when she gave them an activity. Movement was always good. He held up his palm and kinda sorta guesstimated how far away a foot was and staaaaaaaaaaaaaaared at his hand.

Yep.

That was definitely his hand.

He listened to the explanation and tilted his head slightly, still examining his hand. HMMMMMMM. Which one was him?

Tobias, however, was completely lost with the question, so he went with his go-to method of just going with the flow. Raising the hand that had been in front of his face, Tobias gave his answer.

"A wet hand?"

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Okay, so the professor had been looking for something more specific than 'yes'. Duly noted. And now they were being asked to examine their palms because, appearently, each suit not only matched an element, but a hand type named after an element. This was why Sky had never put much stock in divination. All this sounded rather ridiculous to her. So, when they were asked what a water hand looked like, she couldn't help but answer, "Wrinkly." Because that's what hands looked like when they've been in water too long.

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Notes. Yes she was taking them done just like in every other class. She refused to miss even an inch of important information because NEWTs were coming closer and closer. SO MORE NOTES YES. ALWAYS.

Buuut copy the professor with the whole hand thing. She did that and could almost immediately tell what kind of hands she had. Air. For definite her fingers were skinny and almost exactly as how Professor Elwood described an air hand to be. This question though, based on water hands. She thought about that.

Hmmmmm..what could be associated with that? Few words came into Nessie's mind and it was all guesses, but worth a try right? Because saying something was better than saying nothing again and these guesses in the Puffs opinion were pretty decent ones.

Raise hand then. "Professor, I'd say water hands would be soft because water reminds me of moist and sweat which usually causes softness." That made sense? Yep? Cause that's all she had.

"Wet, wrinkly, and soft because of perspiration?" Professor Elwood looked at the two Hufflepuffs and Slytherin who answered her question with those rather odd adjectives.

Not close but at least they gave some effort, no matter how lame it had been. "No, those are not legitimate characteristics of the water hand in respects to the term in Divination." She shook her head, but smiled just the same. The answers had provided for some entertainment for herself and the other students after all.

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Blink. Tag simply stared at the Professor as she described different hands. Slowly he held out his hand in front of him and examined it a few minutes before realizing she was asking a question.

The little lion took a wild guess. " Ummm square palm, long fingers and deep carved lines?" he said slowly as he continued to look at his hands. It was the best answer he could come up with. Soon he feared that his answer sounded a bit like what Professor Elwood had last described, in terms of hands.

Elwood appreciated the Gryffindor's effort but his answer too, was not correct--but hey, at least he gave a real shot. "Mr. Kildare, the characteristics you suggested are not exactly the ones that match up with the water hand. The fingers length you mention is correct but the palm is more oval or more rectangular than squarish."

SPOILER!!: Correct or mostly correct answers!

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Alright. Awesome. West smiled. And y'know he didn't even need to elaborate on what he knew on account of Dylan and Mo had both done that for him. So obviously he got credit for that right? Educating other students? More smiles for the professor.

And now stuff about hands.

"Water hands have short sorta oval palms that are usually wider than they are long, their fingers are long and flexible and are equal to the height of the palm." He offered up, with HIS hand in the air. More detail in this answer because... well, the professor had actually asked for it. He thought it was right. Ish. Might've made some of it up.

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Asher listened as the Professor told them about hands/palms. He stared at his, wondering if his fingers were sort or long, fat or thin, and if his palms contained any hidden messages.

Remembering that he was supposed to be answering a question, "Water hands, long fingers, oval palm, not many lines?"

Focusing back on his own, he decided that he had Earth hands.

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Mo stared down at his own hands, trying to figure out which of the descriptors the professor had used so far best fit him. None of them? Did that make him a water palm or whatever?

He raised his hand. "Professor, water hands are long-fingered, with an oblong palm. Sorta... like the air palm but more rounded." Also... he sort of mentally forgave her for smooching with Flamsteed since she'd praised him. Sort of, at least.

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Mika blinked at the information for a minute before she moved to jot it all down. Scribbling as fast as her hand – and quill could move. SCRIBBLE- scraping sound - SCRIBBLE – scraping sound – SCRIBBLE…there, her notes were done.

She beamed, at her handiwork and looked up at Professor Elwood as she asked about water hands. Water hands? There was one guess – they probably are the outlier in the group and don’t feature a square palm.

Listening to the answers she waited before raising her own hand. ”Professor do the water hands have an oval shape to them…guessing that because water is easier to pick up in a rounded thing then well, with a square.”

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"Ma'am, I just thought you were asking if we'd heard about them....Not specifics." ...because obviously Dylan knew what they were and what they related to. He was one of the smart kids in this lesson, after all.

Not the smartest...because that was West...but definitely top five.

Moving on...

Doing as the Professor instructed, the Captain lifted his hand up and held it out in front of his face...and then she was going on about how to tell which palm went to what element. From her brief descriptions, Dylan figured he probably had an air palm...which seemed totally legit with his love of flying and all......but given what he knew about water palms from the textbook, he could probably also relate it to water.

"An oblong palm with long fingers...Oblong being more rectangular than the aformentioned square..." He eyed his palm some more... "It's hard to tell with mine."

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Peyton remembers reading something about this. She mulled it over until she was sure she had it, then raised her hand. "Water hands are short and oval and usually with fingers equal to the height of the palm," she said, totally happy she remembered this.

The redhead studied her palm. What kind of hand did she have? Hmm. Hmm.

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Jory's hand flew over his book as he quickly wrote notes as Professor Elwood described the hands. So, what were the characteristics of the water hand? Hmmmm. He mulled over his notes before raising his hand. "They're oval at the palms and the fingers are long,'' he said. Maybe he had gotten at least one of the descriptions right?

The majority of the other students who had chosen to voice characteristics they believed to belong to the water hand were for the most part correct. "Very good. The set list of characteristics we will be using for reference on the water hand will be that they have long, thin fingers, and a roundish more oval shaped palm." Now that that was settled they could move along.

"Now that we know the basic characteristics for each type of hand I want you all to begin thinking about what type your own hands fall into." They had already been doing that probably but there were a few students were rather distracted today. "Continue to observe your hands as well please."

The blonde gave them all a thumbs-up and just watched them for a second. Did they wonder what she was doing? Yes, no? Oh well. "The thumb, one factor that sets primates above other animals and also very important in the study and practice of Palmistry or Cheirology. Can someone tell me and the rest of the class what the length of the thumb suggests about a person?"

Ella was staring at her hand just as she was asked, see? She was listening too cause class and the sixteen year old didn't know any of this stuff besides what she'd read about in her text book. She clearly wasn't an expert or anything.

Length of the thumb? Well Ella really wanted to point out that you could give a really awesome thumbs up depending on the length but she kept that bit to herself. Instead, she tried to remember what she'd read about Palmistry. "I think the length has something to do with success?" Or like...the drive to succeed or something? Ella wasn't completely sure but she thought she'd read something like that. Maybe.

Yeah, okay. Sky really didn't want to answer that question, because of reasons, but she did open her book to the chapter on Palmistry and began to skim it. Though that wasn't doing her much good, considering that it seemed there were many different things that the thumb said about a person. So, summarization? "It tells the person's basic personality." Because that's what she'd gotten out of her skimming. Annd....studying her palm now.

Oh. Oh, cool. Less confusing now. Kind of.

"Will you tell me results and findings and stuff about it after you research things, professor?" And. Andddd. Also. Just wondering. "Do I get bonus points for asking a question that stumps you?" That sounded awesome to Alice. She grinned a toothy, toothy grin at Elwood, then continued studying her hand. Length of her thumb?

Nah, she had nothing.

THEY COULD EAT ICE CREAM?!

YAAAAAY!

If Daichi could have he would have jumped out of his chair and HUGGED the professor. But he didn't... no point in losing points right? He watched with a gleeful expression how the bowls were conjured and he happily scooped up some of his ice cream before passing the bucket to someone else.

BUT..why were people grinning at the Professor?! it was HIS ice cream that he shared! MAJOR!POUT! He did caught Ella's grin though and he waved at her before turning his attention to class again.

Having missed the previous question because he had been too busy with eating the ice cream, Daichi raised his hand on the next one though. "It tells your health and behaviour?" he asked. Mweh he wasn't sure if it was right or not but atleast he was paying attention~!

Maybe answering wasn't a good thing, but then nobody could be right everytime unless they were some genius or something. She wasn't that, but she did try her best at everything she could.

Air hand, she had decided that before. That was her hand, and even observing it a second time she could see more so how air-like it was. So that she didn't have to worry about, if they were some activity later on with thier hands, she knew for sure what hers was.

BUT question. Thumbs? Yeah no...she didn't know this one, so she was just listening and taking notes down. ...till a question of her own popped in her mind. With her hand raised she began addressing the Professor. "Professor?" Poooooout. "What would happen if someone was born without fingers, lets say a thumb or something like that? Or even without any hands." That was possible, no? So what would they do? This badger was curious.

Sarah was quite enjoying the absurdity of all this. What kind of hands did yshe have? She looked down she had long fingers and her palm was not ssqwuare.. or was it? Was she fire air or water? She did not knownor did she care..

Thumbs.. she raised her hand "maybe it determines how they GRASP information... y'know as the thumb helps us grasp things. Or maybe how controlling they are as thumbs help people grip..." she loved how this class helped her excersice her creativity.

Elwood was giving them a thumbs up? Had they done that well at figuring out their hand types or...?

... Oh! No! Thumbs. And Palmistry. What did the length of the thumb suggest about a person? "Professor?" he said, raising his hand in the air, "Does it have anything to do with ambition? The longer the thumb, the more ambitious the person?" Was that it or...?

Also, his hand? And its type? Alec held it up about a foot away from his face and stared at his palm again. Okay... if his palm wasn't round/ovalish shape, then that meant that it wasn't Water, yeah? He drew a small cross next to that sentence in his notes before looking at the others. Elimination process. That would help find out what his hand type-

EARTH! He was... going to go with that for now.

Nigel just smirked at the question and answered. "Does it suggest the person is Strong and Healthy."

Nigel tried very hard not to laugh at the question and did not know if he succeeded or not. He knew he was being immature. But it was too funny.

Ignorance is Bliss, after all.

It took for a while for her to come to the realization that the class had continued and there was now another question to be answered. Another question she didn't know the answer to but see...the Professor might have noticed her zoning out earlier and zoning out twice wouldn't have been very impressive.

She leaned forward in her seat and tried looking as attentive as possible, eyes falling on Daichi's ice-cream on the odd occasions. Self-control, she had it...for the most part.

Think Lex, this was palm reading. What would you want to know that you'd be so desperate as to ask one of the many body parts that wasn't meant for talking?

Slowly she raised her hand. It wasn't waving around this time, she was hardly sure she was willing to answer but again, zoning out twice, no. "Could it maybe tell you what kind of person someone is? Like you could walk up to them, spot the thumb and know 'oh I should avoid this one' or 'this one's awfully generous, I can mooch candy off them'?" Could palm reading do that???

She wanted to tell who would give her candy and who wouldn't!! That'd be EPIC.

Kace was still starring off into space today. He really had NO attention for this class today. I mean can you blame him? He was tired and learning to juggle everything. He was really tired for some reason. But he was still alert.

Now they were learning about Palm Reading? Hmmm....interesting. This was gonna be an interesting class. He was flipping through his textbook for some answer. He was gonna participate and he found an answer he needed to question

"Professor is it true that if the thumb naturally hides within the palm, then the person is usually fearful and full of anxiety?" I mean it dealt along the lines with the thumb aspect. He shrugged but at least he proved to the professor he was attentive.

Jory studied his hands. They weren't exactly oval so they weren't the water type. Anyway, back to that in a few. He raised a hand. "They tell us about a person's personality, maybe,'' the Puffer suggested.

Now what had he read about that?

West stuck his hand up. "Long thumbs are good with decision making and, depending which part of the thumb is long, it indicates the balance of willpower and logic in a person."

West was kinda skeptical about that though.