Ian watched as people headed off and went their ways. Apparently, he was left on his own. He shrugged and decided to explore for a while. He was used to working alone. Actually, he'd gotten rather good at it this term. He watched as people from Hogwarts peeled off to different places. He didn't really feel like getting all blocked up in a queue so he went for one of the places that didn't have lots of people waiting. He decided to give the astrobot mining a go.

He spoke with the bored looking girl manning the station. She spoke in a very disinterested voice and handed him a controller. It had directional sticks, one which went back and forth, one which went left and right and a toggle that lifted a bucket. He looked in the contained area and found the bot that corresponded with his controller. It was near a pile of 'moon rocks'. He moved the bot carefully into position in front of the pile. He decided to use a technique where he would use the wall to help him out. He lowered the bucket and pushed the bot forward, pushing it toward the wall. When he got to the wall, he watched the bucket fill up with rocks. When it wouldn't hold any more, he started lifting the bucket, taking a number of rocks with him. He lifted the bucket over the fulcrum until it dropped the rocks into the containment area on the back side of the bot. He was pleased with his effort. He began to look for another group of rocks.