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There she came. Botros nodded at her before reaching inside his jacket and taking a piece of rectangular wood wrapped with a small pink ribbon. "Congratulations on being a rune master for this term, dear. I'm really proud and glad that those zillion questions of yours paid off." He bumped the wooden piece on her head gently, endearingly, and went on, "This is a little something to keep in your school memory box somewhere. It's the list written in Elder Futhark but it shows itself in regular English if you concentrate enough." He handed it to her and pointed at the ribbon. "You can take this off, and then open it to make it stand on its two sides." So that it resembled a pyramid when standing. He made it himself, he loved souvenirs and he wanted his students to love them too.
"Enjoy your feast today and get an early sleep before your trip home tomorrow. Yeah?" He shifted the cane to his other hand, getting ready to move away.
"I still have questions. But I can wait for next term to get answers, I think. Or maybe find them by myself." Alice beamed up at the old man as he pulled a piece of wood from inside his jacket and tapped her on the head with it. Her eyes raked over the runes carve into it before going back up to his face.
"Thanks, professor. This is real nice."
Alice moved slightly closer and slipped her arms around the old man's waist in a very, very brief hug. Because she most definitely was not fond of touching, but Botros was an exception, 'kay?
"You too, Mister Ab. Have a nice summer." She pulled back quickly and waved her brand new piece of wood at him enthusiastically as she retreated back to her seat.