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Crystal Ball boy was stepping on the sand...with SHOES ON!
"Dear, please remove your shoes and socks, you may disturb the tracks we will be looking at today." She tried to remain calm. HUUGE crisis averted.
Despite his not hearing the instructions fully, the boy had mentioned a characteristic of the print that could lead him to a bigger point. "They do have only three toes compared to our five, you would say that makes them perhaps less stable on their feet than we are, since they are usually flying, or that they are more frail?" She gave him a little nudge in his thinking.
"So what I would like for you to do is walk around and try and find some other prints and interpret them as if you were out hiking or on a walk." Because they really were kind of.
Booo. Theodore let out a whimper, and kicked them off in a strop. Though once he'd gotten over that, he squatted down low to set them neatly together with his socks slightly poking out of each shoe. He felt uncomfortable about his feet. Feet were kind of gross.
He listened to what the professor had to say, and the way she said it made sense. "
Good point." He nodded, almost congratulating her for the answer.
Deciding there was no way out of it, Theo took a few steps, cringing at the sand seeping through his toes. He'd walked straight past the snake prints, because honestly, he hadn't noticed it. And to be honest, he couldn't find any, and his eyes were getting a bit tired, so he belt a little lower for extra measure. But he saw the cat ones. Or at least, they looked like a cat. It could possibly be a lion, too. Or a DRAGON. Theo would play it safe with a cat.
The third year squatted down low, stroked his imaginary beard for a moment, and thought. "
Looks like this cat was walking... to the rock... and the rock looks a little damp so I'm guessing it took a pee." That was the best interpretation he could come up with. To be honest, he was still a little confused.
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So if I was on a hike," Cos that's what the professor said, right? "
I would go and find another rock...." To pee on and such. "
I dunno it's not very clear." There was probably more to interpret but this was just a start.
Anyway... the third year looked up after hearing something about Aspen Odessa. Lost house points? Theo didn't mind that at all.