SPOILER!!: Prof. Truebridge
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Con_Stripes 
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"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."
Freya listened carefully when Professor Truebridge explained about the galdr. So they don't need their wand this time? Hmm..Okay. The Slytherin made her way to the box at the front of the classroom. After she got herself a burin, she made her way back to her work desk. She flipped her rune textbook to Chapter 7. Hmm..What will she carve to the wood this time? She was really like the Sowilo but she already made that one before with the Intaglio spell before, but the Professor said that they couldn't make the same rune, right? So she decided to carve the Sowilo rune.
Took a very deep breath, Freya. She still had the goggle and gloves on. She hold the burin with her hand and stick it into the piece of wood.
"sowilo sowilo sowilo
s s s s s s s s s
s s s o o o l l l
su sa si se so
(sul sal sil sel sol)
us as is es os
si se su sa su
s s s s s s s s s"
And to her surprises Sowilo rune was now perfectly carved into the piece of wood. She smirked and raised her hand so the Professor would check her work.