Elliot watched all of the demonstrations...took notes, the usual in a class. But she had a question. Usually, she didn't voice her questions aloud, but looked them up in her textbooks. But she didn't much feel like doing that right now. So she shot her hand up in the air as soon as the professor asked for questions...

"Professor Magnus, how come conjuring water is considered transfiguration, but not food? And what about other liquids? Would other liquids not count as well because there are added substances to the water that make it an exception to transfiguration? Is it because the building blocks of water are not as complicated as foods and drinks?" she asked, loudly and clearly, with her quill ready to write down exactly what Professor Magnus said in response!

Aha! Elliot was so ready!