 be curious, not judgmental
When Em arrived, Max sat up straighter, beamed at the girl walking toward him, and forgot all about the bird stands. He tried his best to shove the hanging scarf deeper into his pocket so his appearance was tidier, but he gave up as soon as she sat down and he hadn't succeeded. "Hey, Em," he replied softly. That was all he had time to say before Newlin entered and started class.
Frowning at her demeanor, Max did his best to give the professor encouraging smiles as she spoke. Augureys? That was a cool topic. He stuck his hand in the air after Emmaleigh and elaborated a bit, "Well, err, their name is related to the root word 'augur,' which means 'prophet' or 'to predict'? And, err, 'augury,' without the E, is the practice of... divination of some kind. So... that relates to what they said," he used his head to gesture to the few others who had mentioned something about an augurey foretelling death and/or rain. "They're avian prophets."
He thought that was funny.
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