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She watched the first year, amused, as he took in his surroundings. "Well Forrest, I'm glad I'm not bugging you." She smiled and watching his slowly draw his wand. Is he afraid of it, a little maybe? She raised an eyebrow as he aimed at the dirt and cast the spell. Nothing seemed to be happening, but that was all right.
"Hey that's okay," she said looking down to meet his gaze. "You should've seen me my first year." She nodded at him to raise his wand again. "Your pronunciation was really excellent!" She beamed at him and tried to think of how to help. She wasn't all that great herself, but she wanted to help however she could. "Okay, now this time when you cast it, really think about the dirt disappearing and the area being cleaned."
"After you get that one down, we can water some plants for our Herbology homework!" She hoped he was as happy to help out as she was. Because she was. She was also hungry, so she hoped they could get a lot done and then maybe they could go get ice cream!
So, spells were all about imagination after all, because that was what everyone kept telling him:
imagine. Nodding at the girl as Forrest hid his boredom, he didn't even bother to close his eyes. He just didn't have any interest whatsoever in cleaning spells. He wasn't a
girl. Cleaning was a girl thing.
She could probably see him forcing himself to be more enthusiastic about it, though. He did try to
visualise or better phrased, he tried to get himself to visualise. This was easier than the gargoyle stuff, though. One moment it was there, the other moment...
"Scourgify." It was still there the next moment.
"Maybe you should do it." So like, she didn't waste time teaching him stuff, because it was obvious he wouldn't get her good intention.