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Edward Penguin Ian had been so immersed in his work, he hadn't noticed the professor until Adi spoke. He looked up smiling, Thank you, ma'am.
Ian inspected the broom handle and was pleased with how it had turned out. It gleamed like nearly new and only slightly used. It reminded him of working on his dad's fishing boat whenever it returned to shore. Those wooden railings were a booger to get right up to his dad's standards, but he'd learned.
Ian shrugged. Never gave it much thought until you said something about beards. Quite honestly, the whiskers don't bother me now. Maybe they will later.
He listened to Adi as he spoke. Seemed he did recall some trouble. Aye. I remember some. I never got into it much. Kind of kept to myself a lot last year. After that, Adi brought up the tree again. He wasn't going to let it go obviously and so Ian should probably get it out of the way. He reached up with a rag covered hand and gestured to Bart. We were out there helping the groundskeeper and I wasn't paying as close attention as I should have when performing a spell and it hit Bart square in the chest and I levitated him. The groundskeeper took 10 points from me for carelessness. Ian chuckled a little and added Didn't make Bart very happy. He kind of squalled like a little kid while he was in the air.
Ah. So Ian did like beards. Adi wondered why. Beards just made guys look like rather hairy creatures. That was his opinion anyway. He now nodded as Ian continued speaking.
"Yes, I remember you telling me you kept to yourself.'' Adi could never imagine doing that. He loved mingling with people and getting to know them. Finally! An answer to the Tree House question.
''It was an accident, wasn't it?'' he said, as he continued to polish.
"I don't think the Groundskeeper should have done that.'' But Adi would dare not mess with the man. He was huuuge!
"I think a warning would have been better.''
Adi laughed at the last added bit.
"He did? I didn't peg him for squaller. I mean, he comes off as this tough, mischievous dude.'' Just goes to show how someone should never size someone up until they knew them more. Adi scooped up some more polish and rubbed it over the broomstick. This one wasn't badly damaged or faded so he didn't have to spend longer with it.