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Holmesian Feline 
Ben watched what was being done, to try and get a feel for what he was to do. Nothing had actually been said to him after all, perhaps something had come up before he had gotten there. They appeared to be washing the twigs of the broom tails. "So I take a broom and dip it inside the water mixture?" he questioned, taking one such broom carefully in his hands and tentatively holding it over a bucket. The Gryffindor slowly lowering it towards the liquid but giving time to protest if he was wrong.
West looked up. "Yeah that's right soak it for a minute, and then stir clockwise gently ten times. Some say as low as seven but it depends how much care the brooms need and these ones... they need ten." He paused. "Then soak for another minute and stir counter-clockwise ten times."
Not so hard right?
West finished another and wrapped it in the heated towels, giving it a pat pat pat to absorb some of the excess liquid, and then flinched a little at what that small Ravenclaw Sophie kid said.
If little kids noticed...