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Well, at least the Badger had been listening in Astronomy class. That was something. And Alistaire would reserve judgement until he found out what that THING was.
"A vacuum cleaner." It wasn't a question."Oh!" Firth said in response to what the THING did. "So yeh're cleaning up in here?" In that case, the whole 'I'm being a black hole' thing was perfectly acceptable. "Well then tha's perfec'ly fine. I's jus' a bit too noisy fer my taste is all."
And was he a wizard or not? He whipped out his wand, pointed it at the-- what was it?-- vacuum cleaner!, and performed a spell. "Silencio," he said calmly. "There, now yeh can clean ter yer heart's content an' not bother anyone in th' process."
Jory breathed. It didn't seem as if he were in trouble. He had never been in trouble during his years at Hogwarts and he would like to keep it that way. A clean record.
"Yes, it is noisy,'' the badger agreed. He watched, puzzled, as Mr. Firth pulled out his wand and performed the Silencing Charm. Jory could have face palmed himself. Why had he not thought of that?
"I didn't think of that,'' he told the man. As if it weren't obvious. Jory wondered if any other students had silenced theirs.
Anyway. Plenty of time to feel like an idiot.
"Thanks, Mr. Firth,'' he said. At least he won't feel guilty for disturbing anyone now.