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Oliver scratched his chin as he contemplated the Prefect's question. "No. I don't think so. It's more of a personal thing for me. I believe the Runes' magic works better if it's pure." Sometimes it was hard to explain this to people. "Does that make sense?"
Kurumi thought over what Professor Jenkins had just told her, trying to sort of break apart his sentences to figure out the hidden and deeper meaning behind them. Magic works better when it is pure, which meant that Professor Jenkins found value in the earthy feeling of carving wood by hand as opposed to using magic for a quick fix. Kurumi sort of felt that the concept was a little too mature for her understanding of magical theory, but she sort of got a foundation. Sort of. "
I...think it does, professor," she said with a small laugh. She was being honest, it made sense, but her understanding was still a little hazy. "
Magic always leaves traces, no matter the spell, so in a sense the wood becomes marked or engraved upon...which I think is what you were referring to with the notion of purity."
If THAT made any sense.
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Mell Oliver walked amongst the students as they practiced and he was pleased to see the good work that they were doing. "Nice work all of you." he said as moved back to his desk. "There is another stage to making a rune set but we'll go over that next class. Also I am going to show you how to do magic with runes." So perhaps they might be a little more enthusiastic next lesson.
"If you wish to keep practicing then by all means you may do so, otherwise class is over. I'll post homework on the noticeboard later."
Oh? There was more to this process AND they were going to perform magic with the runes next lesson?! YAY! Ancient Runes had been one of her favorite subjects after her first year and second years, but that opinion had gone down during her third and fourth for various reasons. You, Professor Jenkins, were helping the fifth year rediscover what it was about the subject that she liked. Her piece of wood still in its block form, Kurumi placed it in her bag and decided that she would cut them out into smaller pieces later.
Taking one of the tools and adding it to her bag as well, Kurumi banished any wood shavings left on her table and then approached Professor Jenkins once more. "
Thank you for the lesson...and for appeasing my curiosity." Which seemed to be growing more and more each term.