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Con_Stripes 
"Yes we are. The galdr is the next thing we're going to use. For those of you who haven't yet, put your wands away."
He waited for everyone to comply.
"The galdr can not carve the wood on its own. The galdr is the incantation element of a spell, the other two elements, wand movement and intent are comparable to the shape and form of the rune, and of course the focus you need to carve. However, without a wand, you still need a tool to use to actually do the risting."
From a cupboard under the chalkboard, Truebridge withdrew a box containing enough burins for the entire class.
"These are engraving tools, a type of cold chisel that works fairly well for carving runes, particularly in wood. They're called Burins. Each burin has been charmed so that it will only carve wood, and therefore they are perfectly safe to use, and you need not worry about cutting your skin by accident. Naturally you will all still wear the gloves and goggles provided." Because Truebridge did not want another probation. No thank you. And already this class had proved themselves well able to injure themselves and others regardless of safety precautions.
"You will need to use the burin, and chant the galdr for the rune you are carving. You don't need to be exact about the galdr either, as you will see in your textbooks, chapter seven."
He placed the box on his desk at the front of the room.
"Come and get a burin and try it out on your test pieces of wood. If you need another piece of wood you can get one of those too." He placed a stack by the burins just in case. "When you think you have the hang of it and are ready to carve runes directly into the table, put your hand up and I will check your work and answer any questions you might have." Helena got a burin, still looking hilarious with her goggles and large gloves on and got back to her desk.
She started muttering for the first chosen rune.
"ansuz ansuz ansuz
aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw
aw aw aw aw aw aw s s s s s s
aw aw aw aw aw aw
aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw aw"
She looked at the burin, now carving the rune on the wood piece. It worked! Then she started muttering the galdr for the next rune.
"wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
w w w u u u n n n"
Small runes appeared on the wood pieces. They didn't look extremely well but Helena thought it was pretty good, for a first try. She took more wood pieces and tried again and again, until the runes looked just like the ones in the textbook.