Yes! She was right! Though his response to her flew mostly over her head. All of a sudden words were flying around that she didn't understand. Dementors, patronus, what was he on about? All Gwen caught was that there had been some sort of an attack, and the runes on his staff had made him more capable of fighting.

As in an attack at the school? She noticed several students reacting to the words as if they remembered something horrible. That certainly didn't make her feel very safe. Had anyone ever died while at this school? Probably. She would have to look that up. Ugh, she hated reading, but there were so many questions she needed the answers to!

Speaking of questions, the Head Girl had just asked one that Gwen couldn't even take a stab in the dark at. No, she could not name any rune of share it's meaning. She thought she'd been doing pretty well so far, but now, on a question that seemed pretty simple, she was completely stumped.

Wasn't learning supposed to be about teachers supplying answers rather than the students? This was giving the eleven year old a headache.