SPOILER!!: Professor Schirmer!!
"Alright everyone, settle down now please. Class is beginning." She flicked her wrist negligently and the door shut, and then Althea turned her attention to the students, waiting a moment to be sure she had everyone's attention before she began.
"This seminar, as you are all no doubt aware, is an introduction to Alchemy. First I'd like to say that Introducing Alchemy is difficult to do in one lesson, so we WILL be moving rather fast, and you'll need to do further research in your own time if you think it is a subject that will interest you." She explained.
"I'm not yet going to ask you WHAT Alchemy is, instead I'm going to begin with another question. Does anyone know, or think they know, what the purpose of Alchemy is? What are the goals of the Alchemist?" She paused.
"Its alright if you don't know an answer, as long as you take notes and listen. I'll be sure to clarify as I go."
Dylan was beyond pleased at seeing their old Charm's Professor upon arrival...but he was even more excited about what she was going to be teaching them.
Alchemy.
*mental fist-pumping*
He'd been curious about the particular field for years...but had somehow always let it slip his mind whenever he had a free minute to look something up or properly research. This was not to say, however, that he didn't know anything at all...He'd read a few things, nothing too enlightening, of course.
So, sitting here now, the Slytherin would offer what he did know and remember. *some hand-raising going on*
"The only thing I can remember about the subject was that Alchemists wanted to reach Spiritual Perfection..." Dylan wasn't 100% comfortable with the answer. It had been a few years since he'd read that book in his mother's office...but bleh.
It was something to contribute to the discussion...