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BanaBatGirl 
Right, so no denim here. That was good. As for the question... well did Anastasia look like a historian? No. Perhaps Newlin had been thinking of her husband, the other Truebridge.
"I don't think they do, Kurumi," she answered flatly, "but I can't tell you for certain where they came from or when they were replaced; however, my common sense tells me that it would be far less expensive and damaging to the environment to harvest the gems in the hourglasses from a mine, for example, rather than from a firecrab." She gave the girl a look that said really?
"If you'd like a more precise answer, I'd recommend doing some research in the library. Will that be all?" She should have just bidden the girl good day....
Kurumi almost instinctively took a step back from the woman. Yeah...Professor Newlin had sent her on a rather insane mission it seemed. That is, if the emphasis on the word common sense were any indication. Kurumi hadn't asked if aaaaaaaaaaaaaall the jewels had come from fire crabs. She wasn't THAT daft.
Still, Kurumi managed a polite nod and tried not to get flustered and overly uncomfortable by the LOOK the woman was giving her. Don't hex the messenger?
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Right, of course," Kurumi nodded. "
I'll go ask Mr. Kitridge if he has any suggestions as to where to look." Besides
Hogwarts, A History that is. Kurumi had read that cover to cover, no such luck. "
I'm sorry for taking up your time, Headmistress." She would have said thank you, but the look...yeah...that was not a good look.