Right. Now that she had her gnome in hand, Kate needed to be sure that it actually went all the way over the fence this time. She didn't need to run around catching gnomes anymore, she'd gotten her exercise for the day already. So. What had gone wrong last time?

Maybe Kate had released the gnome too early. She thought about that for a minute, moving the wriggling gnome along the trajectory she figured it had gone earlier. That maybe could account for it not flying high enough to clear the fence. That settled it, then. She would spin it an extra time and make sure she aimed high enough.

Gnome feet in hand, Kate checked that she wouldn't hit anybody in the face before spinning her gnome in circles. Six circles, to be precise. On the sixth and last rotation, she wrinkled her nose for extra concentration. She didn't want to miss again. As she released the gnome, she raised her arms a little to give the gnome some extra altitude as it went…

Waaay over the fence and into the target zone with all the other dizzy gnomes they had thrown. Kate grinned proudly as she watched her gnome land. As her pride wore off she realized there was a student screaming in the background.

Oh! Screaming!

Kate spun around to see what was happening. Oh! An older girl was being bit by a gnome! Kate instinctively took a step toward the girl to go help her, but then thought about it. She wouldn't really know what to do to help, after all. She didn't want to make things worse. Probably the professor could handle the situation, after all. Not her business! So instead of going to help, Kate just stood and watched the commotion from a safe distance.