SPOILER!!: Runes will be he death of her
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Tegz 
Huh? Jim looked up.
"Oh, hey Lexi." He grinned and waved back, then turned his attention back to Marie.
Oblivious boy.
"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?
Hearing Jimmy say Lexi's name Marie looked up just as the girl walked by. That's right Lexi, just keep walking, we do not want you here with us.
Turning her full attention back to Jim she couldn't help but smile.
"Thanks, I think you're pretty awesome too." She then raised an eyebrow at him.
"Of course you don't snog just anyone. You snog me... your girlfriend." she said as she nudged him with her shoulder.
"If I pass? But what if it takes more than one study session for me to understand... do I have to wait?" Pfft! Like she would. She would so attack him the moment they were alone somewhere... where no one could interrupt them.
Um yeah, the elemental magic part... if you say.
"Oh yeah, right, that. Like how does the magic in them work?" Okay, so hopefully they were on the right track here.
She started to listen as he began explaining how the runes worked.
"So the runes are like a wand?" Alright, she could see that, sorta. But how were they supposed to work if you didn't have them in your possession?
Hmm, maybe now would be a good time to get out some parchment and a quill to take some notes here. She would hate for this study session to be for nothing because yeah, she knew she would have to read over the notes again later.
Still listening as Jimmy continued to talk she tried writing down everything he was saying.
'invoking a rune, and channeling the magic through it can be more lasting than just casting a spell with your wand.' "So in reality the power of the rune is greater than the power of the wand?" If that was the case then why didn't everyone just carry runes with them instead of a wand? That was a question she would ask later... maybe. Oh forget it, she wouldn't have to ask, he just answered that for her.
'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.' Yeah she made sure to write that part down in her notes for later review.
"Okay, let me see if I have this so far. Runes are sorta like a wand. The magic is within you but is connected to the rune. The magic that comes from a rune can or is more powerful than that which comes from the wand... yet with the wand you have freedom to do more magic whereas with the rune you can only perform what that rune is meant for?" Was she even close on that one?
She was so gonna need the whole term to understand this class.