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PhoenixRising 
Hmm, perhaps they ought to practice with simple words for a bit. "Okay, so take a few moments to practice this by taking five words synonymous with who you are and translating them to a number equivalent, as I did with my last name, Hadley."
Destiny could feel her brain on the verge of explosion.
Too many numbers, too many big words and learning that a
paragram is nothing like a
paragraph was too much for her to take. They were only on the second floor of the castle, would Professor Hadley
really notice if she took a quick dive to freedom out one of the opened windows?
Probably. Either that or her enemy Evelyn would rat her out. Pfft.
Frowning slightly, she thought about another escape route. But before she could come up with something better than the window, the Professor started speaking AGAIN and even assigned them some work. GAH! Now she HAD to stay and worst of all, she HAD to do the work.
At least this part was easy. Especially since she was allowed to use her book. She was allowed, right? Oh well. She was using it anyway.
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PhoenixRising Turning her attention back to the whole class; "Feel free to continue to work on your calculations for a little bit longer and if you feel up to it, then you may jump ahead to the next piece in writing a paragram," she paused, letting this sink in. Because they honestly didn't think that one word characteristics with NO meaning whatsoever would be considered one, right? "Which would be translating whole sentences into number values. And to do this, you must add together the values from each word to get a final value for that sentence. Again, remember, do not reduce." She reiterated the last bit sternly, once more, because she knew she always emphasized the reduction in any previous calculation they've done for Arithmancy. This was different.
Check, check, check.
After making sure her calculations were all correct, Destiny went back to thinking about an escape route. She had finished one part of the lesson, wasn't that enough!?
Her BRAIN! It was going to EXPLODE!
Was Patroclus in the lesson? She couldn't remember seeing him, but she wasn't about to get all creeperish and glance around the room. Although..if she did, she could probably find a way to get up to the ceilings. BUT! Before she had a chance to turn her head, Hadley started speaking AGAIN! What was up with her?
Her throat was going to get dry.
Perhaps she could offer to get the woman a glass of water from the kitchens..and just never return. Would she even notice if a house elf came and took her place?
Probably. Either that or her enemy Evelyn would rat her out. Pfft.
Slouching in her seat some as she listened to the next set of instructions, Destiny thought about a sentence to calculate. Hmm..
Got it!