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Originally Posted by Braith McCormack View Post
Merlin, kids were so fidgety, weren't they? Even older, nearly Of Age ones it seemed, but Braith did not comment on the momentarily difficulty the teenage girl had sitting still. He simply nodded in her direction once she had settled, knowing sometimes it took a minute or two to get comfortable. At least she wasn't poking that one.

His eyes fell on the bag in Alexa's lap, then lifted to her face as he considered the offer. "Nah, I'm good," he said with a smile directed at her thoughtfulness. "But thanks." He supposed if he really was in the mood for candy, he'd grab one of the peppermint toads on his table. Oh, had he forgotten to offer her one? He opened his mouth to correct his oversight when the girl spoke up. Well, which was it, three or one? He certainly wasn't going to be stingy with the sweets, but he had the feeling that this girl probably didn't need any more sugar than was necessary. Like she had this hyperactivity bubbling at the surface that one too many sugary sweets would cause it to overflow. But it wasn't up to him to police that and he did have them out for students. "Sure, help yourself." He gestured to the bowl with his opened hand, deliberately leaving out a specified number. She could decide for herself if he meant one or three.

Miss Alexa Cambridge was a rather curious girl, McCormack though, and he raised an eyebrow in her direction as he waited for her explanation catching a hint of repressed laughter. Ah, yes. It had been his experience that teenage girls were typically rather giggly. At least this one had the good manners to try to hold it in. He wasn't sure what indeed was so amusing though he didn't understand the nature of giggly girls either so he didn't try to analyze it.

He leaned forward slightly as she hesitantly began her explanation for her curious statement. He nodded encouragingly at her to try to get her to spit it out, then eyed her a bit. Piece of work? One did not usually use that phrase when speaking of anything impressive. Hm. Then he furrowed his brow a little as he heard her next words. The girl was not illiterate, was she? Had she fallen through the cracks of educational bureaucracy, the system failing this poor child? He heard her cry for help and would do his best to reach her if he had time. "I see," he said with a thoughtful nod. "And that is taking into consideration that you do know how to read and that you do own textbooks?" That was what she was getting at, wasn't it? "Is there a reason for this work habit? And is that for all your classes or just typically Magical History?" A few questions sure, but the girl's revelation had him quite curious now and he wanted to get behind it.


This was a classic example of one good turn deserving another and all that karma stuff she only ever conveniently believed in. She did the good Hufflepuff Gryffindor thing by offering sweets she didn't actually want to share and he in turn refused them. It's like her and the universe had some kind of understanding, now if only it worked that way with other offers she didn't actually mean...

Then he said it, the magic words that almost had her grinning. "Thank you!" Her hand lunged at the peppermint toads but then she remembered restraint....followed by remembering not having restraint...but countered by her not wanting to look bad infront of the new Professor....which took a backseat to SUGAR. Lex plucked two from the desk and dropped them into her bag...then another two...and one more--just one--okay no, she took another but she was done now. Yup. Not another toad would leave that jar on the desk. Aheeeem.

Seeing as she'd already started on her chocolate frog she'd finish it off before starting on one of the toads. Lex bit the head off while waiting for the Professor to give his thoughts on her explanation. It was the best she could give him. His follow up question caught her off-guard some and it took her an extra minute to realize that he DID ask what she heard. "I can and I do. Several textbooks actually." She confirmed with a solemn nod. "Neither of which seem to be helping me." Not completely true seeing as she'd never managed to FAIL much after her first year but the little she knew was gathered from oral sources.

....."I...don't think there's any real reason and it's only this one. I'm especially good at Defense Against the Dark Arts. It's practical and my favourite." Send her somewhere to practise a spell and she'd nail it. Give her a book and expect it read by the next day and you'll spend your night hoping she can actually find the book by morning. Also, why had this become about her? Lex had questions for him.
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