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Lexi was making her way back toward the Herbology books when she heard and saw Jimmy and his blonde girl thing, Marie. Sighs. She really liked Jim, her, not so much. Shrugging to herself she only stopped when she heard Jim say something about Runes. Oh! He was good at Runes? She was SO going to have to ask him to tutor her... just not in front of Marie. She would probably blow a gasket. Walking nearer the two she smiled and gave a little wave as she passed. "Hey Jim. Marie," she said as she went on past. Yep, he was going to be her tutor. He just didn't know it yet.
Huh? Jim looked up.
"Oh, hey Lexi." He grinned and waved back, then turned his attention back to Marie.
Oblivious boy.
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The1HBIC "Me... awesome? If you say so." Alright, she knew she was pretty awesome at some things but taking tests wasn't one of those things. She let herself relax a bit when he started to rub her shoulders. But then it ended.
*pout*
That wasn't enough, she wanted more shoulder rubbing. She knew she wouldn't get it though because that would be a distraction. A distraction James seemed determined not to be to her. "Yes, inspiration is good." She said smiling after kissing him back. "Is that a preview if what I have to look forward to when we are done studying?" If it was then bring on the study session...
Which he did. "Right, Runes. Well, I just don't get how they work. I mean how can some rocks or stones or whatever they are do the things the books say they can do?" Yeah, she felt really dumb for asking that one but really, she just didn't understand it.
"I do say so. I don't snog just anyone." A little faith, please. Marie looked pretty today, he'd noticed. Not that she wasn't always but... well, he noticed. S'all.
"Of course. If you
pass." He grinned at her but then went a bit more serious.
"The elemental magic part you mean? Like, invoking the runes as spells and wards and all that?" Well that stuff was easy enough, and wicked fun too.
He leaned back, hands supporting his head as he thought about how to answer.
"Okay so you've got your wand right? And the whole deal with that is its a way of focusing magic and all. The bits you need are intent and focus, the words of the spell and the wand movement yeah? Think of runes in the same way; you can use 'em like talisman or a tool to focus certain sorts of magic, it still comes from within you but its connected to the rune itself."
He glanced at her, wondering if she followed any of that.
"The cool thing about invoking a rune, and channeling the magic through it is that it can be more lasting than just casting a spell with your wand. Heck, Hogwarts is protected by runes you know, a lot of the wards and stuff that keep it hidden are rune based and they're right in the foundations and have been since the place was built. But you're limited too. With your wand you could cast whatever spell you wanted within reason, but with a rune you're limited by the kind of magic that resonates with that individual rune symbol."
Was she with him so far?