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Roselyn · 11-27-2014, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Sararara

OOOH. This question kind made a bit more sense! Ish. Eh, it was worth a shot, right? Waving her hand in the air this time, Norah gave her answer. "Maybe it works better against physical stuff and not just spells?" That kinda made sense, right? Or maybe she was just missing the point.....oh well. Picking up her quill, the second year wrote the new information about Silver Shields to her notes.

"Under the right circumstances, this could very vell be true," Medea nodded, taking a moment to stretch out her legs in front of her. "Especially during earlier stages of developing your talent vith this spell. Although, this line starts to blur vith the more advance castings. The silver shield and protego can, at times, be quite equal vith physical and magical combat."

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Everything Professor Romanos was telling them made sense to Lux, and getting out her notebook and a pen she began to record notes. Maybe she would practice the silver shield charm on her own if they didn't in class because it seemed like a pretty useful tool to have.

At the next question she raised her hand. "People might feel more comfortable with a physical shield. Like it would be more reassuring to see it and KNOW FOR SURE that it's there." If that made any sense. She herself would feel that way.

Her eyebrows raised somewhat at this response. "This could most definitely be true," she smiled, nodding somewhat. "Particularly if your concern on vhether you are properly performing the shield charm correctly or not actually effects your stance in votever combat you may find yourself in. Excellent thought, Miss Carrington."

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Benny had been listening as the conversation went on around him about the silver shield charm, taking notes on the information deemed correct. It certainly seemed like a cool spell. A physical shield that worked against both magical and mundane attacks. Could prove quiet useful in certain circumstances. As in the second question Professor Romanos posed to the class for them to answer. Wait...had she answered her own question? Or did she want possible specifics and details to what she had said?

"The silver shield protects against stuff other than spells as you said," he said, starting out after raising his hand. "So it could help against...say debris created by other spells. Thus being doubly useful"

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Having psyched herself up for all the possibilities that could unfold in this class, Lex no longer felt that sitting here like this was gonna cut it. They needed to start shooting things at each other, enter into full on war mode, crawling along the ground, sounding the battle cry--SOMETHING! What point was a shield if you didn't need protection, you know? Just saying.

"I'm guessing it's your safer bet because it takes care of both types of attacks instead of just one? Less likely to have whatever's coming at you actually succeed."

Like paintballs. The spell could work against paintballs. They could talk flower pots too. Grayson and Lex had thrown flower pots at each other in Ancient Runes and she wouldn't mind that being the case now too. The heavier the better...unless you sucked...then you had to sit out.

No pansies allowed. This was war ~~in the making~~.

"Quite true," she nodded again after the next couple responses, head tilting to the side somewhat in thought. "It does indeed protect you from both mundane and magical attacks, although, don't count out the protego charm too quickly. It too can protect you from physical objects, such as debris." She paused momentarily, a small smile appearing on her face. "But, on your train of thought here, Mister Atreyu, I can say that the silver shield spell can protect you from a lot more non-magical threats than protego can."

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Originally Posted by Felixir

That was another thing from the homework, if Toby remembered right. He could think of a great many advantages of this over the magical shield; possibly something to do with his usual preference of muggle methods over magic? Maybe. He raised his hand again.

"If you have the conjured shield, you can use it to deflect spells while focusing on using your wand to cast other spells. You can multi-task. I don't think you can cast other spells when you're trying to keep up a shield charm."

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Though her spirits were slightly dampened and she was a bit antsy about practicing the spell and seeing if it WAS going to be especially hard for her, she tried to push that aside for now and instead focused on the professor's question. Listening to the others' replies for awhile, she finally raised her hand and offered her own opinion with a shrug, "It just seems like a convenience thing, really, to conjure up the silver shield and be able to, like, hold onto it with one hand to block attacks while still being able to shoot off spells in retaliation with your wand in the other hand. Just kinda makes life easier, I'd say, and there's the added bonus of being able to block the physical attacks with it, then, too."

But what happened to the shield when they didn't need it anymore? Would they just have a collection of shields if they used the spell more than once? How did that work? Sophie didn't know.

Were people paying attention? Because these answers...

She straightened her back as Toby and Sophie gave their response, mouth forming into an "o" expression before she got the chance to comment. "Very good! And a quite brilliant strategic plan, making this particular thought possibly the top reason vhy a person vould choose the silver shield spell over protego. It gives you both the chance to use your offensive skills vhile also keeping up your defense vithout compromising either too much."

Again... fantastic group of students were fantastic!

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Scribble...scribble...scribble...

Romanos was talking a lot...loads of stuff to write. When the next question was asked, Adi raised his hand almost immediately. "Possibly because the Silver Shield Charm takes a longer time to weaken than the regular Shield Charm,'' the Hufflepuff volunteered.

Annnnd back to making notes. Well, finish up on them.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel raised her hand. "Well maybe because the shield will last much longer and you don't need a wand?" Angel had no idea if that was true or not but if it was it would be at an advantage right.

"Oh, yes indeed," she nodded towards the two students, before taking a quick glance to see if people were taking notes. At least, on topic notes, she hoped. "The shield charm at most, can last an extended period of seconds, depending on how vell you've casted it, how long you can keep it up, the force of the spells and/or objects being casted at it, and the pace in which these spells and/or objects are being cast. The shield on the other hand..."

She trailed off, shrugging up her shoulders somewhat. No need to finish that sentence. They got the idea!

....Right?

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

"Personal preference, Professor." That was as good a reason as any, wasn't it? Maddie thought so. She smiled at Romanos and then lowered her hand, satisfied with her contribution. She wasn't feeling particularly talkative today but she was interested in today's lesson if it meant they'd get to try out this spell.

An unexpected chuckle escaped her.

Goodness.

"Yes...Miss Cooper..."

Possibly the most correct answer yet.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Jasmine thought about the next question that Professor Romanos asked. Why would someone prefer to use the a Silver Shield charm? Hmmm, that was a good question. Finally coming up with an idea, she raised her hand.

"Maybe a person might think that having a physical shield present would give them an advantage. I mean maybe if a person......the opponent saw an actual shield that could block their spell, it might be somewhat of a deterrent."

"Now ve're thinking outside of the box," she commented, grin beaming upon her face. "Vhile ve can safely say this idea von't happen all the time during a combat session, it does hold the promise of perhaps giving you a few extra seconds of lack of offense from your opponent. Especially if they had not gone up against someone who had conjured this shield before, it may be vise of them to take a step back and re-organize their thought process to adapt to your sudden upper hand in the confrontation."

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

Well this was all very interesting. Eden was taking notes, regardless of whether it was in the book or not. Because that's how info became IMPRINTED in your brain, right? So far....well....Eden couldn't say it HELPED but it was worth a trrryyyy?

Maddie was so cute. Eden could admire Maddie all day if it wasn't creepy or weird. Only because the younger girl said awesome things ALL the time and whatnot. HEH. Buuuut anyways. Moving on in class and stuff. Silver Shield Spells. Whooh. Yay.

She raised her hand. "Well I feel like they'd be a bit more protective--if they're a physical shield, like you mentioned." Good guess, she thought. It was a logical guess.

Not speaking up right away, there was a split moment when he eyebrows furrowed together slightly.

"Can you explain a little more on vot you mean, Miss McGee? How vill the silver shield spell be more protective?" Not that the girl was wrong, but she did leave it a little bit vague.

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya thought about that one. Why would someone prefer a physical silver shield over a different one. Her eyebrows were pulled together in thought, and finally, reaching a silly conclusion, she raised her hand.
"Professor, I… don't know much about them at all but V-vampires are… sensitive to silver, aren't they? Or maybe Werewolves. Perhaps some people might use a silver shield against these creatures to ward them off, because they know it will naturally work against them, more than protego, or any other shield charm." IT wasn't much of an answer, Zhenya realised it might even be complete nonsense, but it was the only answer she could think of.

Medea, unable to keep a smile from appearing, shook her head. "Perhaps if the shield was made of silver, though unfortunately the only similarities to silver this shield has is it's color. It's internal composition is a bit different than that of silver. On the other hand, a fantastic thought, Miss Burton. Very out of the box thinking."

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Originally Posted by Govoni

"I assume it'd be....uh, more efficient....despite the extra....uh, difficulty." Ultimately more worth while, though, to exude the extra focus and magic on something more useful....than to use a sub-par shield? With comparing and contrast, Protego wasn't as impressive.

...Noooooot that he was offering any real insight. Others had answered before he had....but Gabe was gaining some confidence from this 'answering in lessons' thing. Besides...this was Professor Flamsteed's...uh, girlfriend? and he was very knowledgeable man. Therefore, Professor Romanos...must've been okay....if the fact that she was a girl didn't bother you.

As long as she didn't....uh, come too close....Gabriel was okay.

SPOILER!!: Defense notes!

Her smile from the previous answer didn't waver as Gabriel spoke. She may have even chuckled slightly under her breath. It was heartwarming to see him actually participating. "Do you think you can expand a little bit on vot you mean, Mister Banner?" she asked in hopes to get him to continue speaking.

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Originally Posted by Hera

Fancy pants transfiguration stuff. He wasn't sure how he felt about charms v transfiguration as of yet. Spell work in general was easy enough to get the hang of, but he felt as though he was more of a Charms man than anything else. Still, practice made progress, right???

He couldn't think why someone would opt for one spell over the other charm. But... what if the choice wasn't what came to mind most, or which was more efficient??

Hand raised and waving with eagerness, Zeke offered his view. "What if Professor, you're better at transfiguration than charms, and so, the chances of the spell working and being stronger would be better? If you're bad at charms, it'd be stupid to use protego." Yeah. YEAH!

Out of the box thinkings, yeesssss!

"I vould be astonished if one didn't play to their strengths during a confrontation," she tried to say seriously, though ended with a few chuckles escaping her in the end. "Excellent opinion, Mister Rogers."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

So the only thing the silver shield spell had in common with a patronus was the color. Which meant that AJ was wrong, but at the very least there was something similar about the two and that meant she wasn't way out in left field.

Umm... AJ didn't know why a person would pick one spell over the other especially since she didn't have any experience with either of them. She listened to what everybody else contributed, and thought about why she may choose something. Well, that was easy.

Her hand was in the air. "Maybe the silver shield spell is easier to achieve?" Eyes on the slackers. Not that AJ could really blame them. Some of the spells were hard and if her butt was on the line then she would be doing what she knew she could do.

She nodded her head a little from side to side, trying to come up with a way to agree with the girl. "It depends really, Miss Valentine. For some, this could be a very easy spell to achieve. For others, it could be quite difficult due to it's transfiguration roots."

Adjusting her legs back into criss-cross-apple-sauce style, she took a deep content breath and continued once everyone who looked like they wanted to speak up gave their opinion. "Ve haff just one more question before ve'll begin practicing this spell. If you vont, feel free to stand up, stretch a little if you'd like."

Leaning over, she grabbed the small pile of parchments she had earlier and pushed them behind her towards the stands, out of the way. "Final question. Vot are some downsides of this spell, compared to protego? Ve already discussed the silver shield's possible difficulty in conjuring, though is anyone able to think of any other complications that may arise?"

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Roselyn DMAC & DoM Kappa Join Date: May 2009 Location: Western US Posts: 14,683 x9 x8	*rearranges for sanity* Super Slytherin Buddy \| \| ⅓ She-Snake Trio \| \| a normal girl with normal knees Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara OOOH. This question kind made a bit more sense! Ish. Eh, it was worth a shot, right? Waving her hand in the air this time, Norah gave her answer. "Maybe it works better against physical stuff and not just spells?" That kinda made sense, right? Or maybe she was just missing the point.....oh well. Picking up her quill, the second year wrote the new information about Silver Shields to her notes. "Under the right circumstances, this could very vell be true," Medea nodded, taking a moment to stretch out her legs in front of her. "Especially during earlier stages of developing your talent vith this spell. Although, this line starts to blur vith the more advance castings. The silver shield and protego can, at times, be quite equal vith physical and magical combat." Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Everything Professor Romanos was telling them made sense to Lux, and getting out her notebook and a pen she began to record notes. Maybe she would practice the silver shield charm on her own if they didn't in class because it seemed like a pretty useful tool to have. At the next question she raised her hand. "People might feel more comfortable with a physical shield. Like it would be more reassuring to see it and KNOW FOR SURE that it's there." If that made any sense. She herself would feel that way. Her eyebrows raised somewhat at this response. "This could most definitely be true," she smiled, nodding somewhat. "Particularly if your concern on vhether you are properly performing the shield charm correctly or not actually effects your stance in votever combat you may find yourself in. Excellent thought, Miss Carrington." Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Benny had been listening as the conversation went on around him about the silver shield charm, taking notes on the information deemed correct. It certainly seemed like a cool spell. A physical shield that worked against both magical and mundane attacks. Could prove quiet useful in certain circumstances. As in the second question Professor Romanos posed to the class for them to answer. Wait...had she answered her own question? Or did she want possible specifics and details to what she had said? "The silver shield protects against stuff other than spells as you said," he said, starting out after raising his hand. "So it could help against...say debris created by other spells. Thus being doubly useful" Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Having psyched herself up for all the possibilities that could unfold in this class, Lex no longer felt that sitting here like this was gonna cut it. They needed to start shooting things at each other, enter into full on war mode, crawling along the ground, sounding the battle cry--SOMETHING! What point was a shield if you didn't need protection, you know? Just saying. "I'm guessing it's your safer bet because it takes care of both types of attacks instead of just one? Less likely to have whatever's coming at you actually succeed." Like paintballs. The spell could work against paintballs. They could talk flower pots too. Grayson and Lex had thrown flower pots at each other in Ancient Runes and she wouldn't mind that being the case now too. The heavier the better...unless you sucked...then you had to sit out. No pansies allowed. This was war ~~in the making~~. "Quite true," she nodded again after the next couple responses, head tilting to the side somewhat in thought. "It does indeed protect you from both mundane and magical attacks, although, don't count out the protego charm too quickly. It too can protect you from physical objects, such as debris." She paused momentarily, a small smile appearing on her face. "But, on your train of thought here, Mister Atreyu, I can say that the silver shield spell can protect you from a lot more non-magical threats than protego can." Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir That was another thing from the homework, if Toby remembered right. He could think of a great many advantages of this over the magical shield; possibly something to do with his usual preference of muggle methods over magic? Maybe. He raised his hand again. "If you have the conjured shield, you can use it to deflect spells while focusing on using your wand to cast other spells. You can multi-task. I don't think you can cast other spells when you're trying to keep up a shield charm." Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Though her spirits were slightly dampened and she was a bit antsy about practicing the spell and seeing if it WAS going to be especially hard for her, she tried to push that aside for now and instead focused on the professor's question. Listening to the others' replies for awhile, she finally raised her hand and offered her own opinion with a shrug, "It just seems like a convenience thing, really, to conjure up the silver shield and be able to, like, hold onto it with one hand to block attacks while still being able to shoot off spells in retaliation with your wand in the other hand. Just kinda makes life easier, I'd say, and there's the added bonus of being able to block the physical attacks with it, then, too." But what happened to the shield when they didn't need it anymore? Would they just have a collection of shields if they used the spell more than once? How did that work? Sophie didn't know. Were people paying attention? Because these answers... She straightened her back as Toby and Sophie gave their response, mouth forming into an "o" expression before she got the chance to comment. "Very good! And a quite brilliant strategic plan, making this particular thought possibly the top reason vhy a person vould choose the silver shield spell over protego. It gives you both the chance to use your offensive skills vhile also keeping up your defense vithout compromising either too much." Again... fantastic group of students were fantastic! Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Scribble...scribble...scribble... Romanos was talking a lot...loads of stuff to write. When the next question was asked, Adi raised his hand almost immediately. "Possibly because the Silver Shield Charm takes a longer time to weaken than the regular Shield Charm,'' the Hufflepuff volunteered. Annnnd back to making notes. Well, finish up on them. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel raised her hand. "Well maybe because the shield will last much longer and you don't need a wand?" Angel had no idea if that was true or not but if it was it would be at an advantage right. "Oh, yes indeed," she nodded towards the two students, before taking a quick glance to see if people were taking notes. At least, on topic notes, she hoped. "The shield charm at most, can last an extended period of seconds, depending on how vell you've casted it, how long you can keep it up, the force of the spells and/or objects being casted at it, and the pace in which these spells and/or objects are being cast. The shield on the other hand..." She trailed off, shrugging up her shoulders somewhat. No need to finish that sentence. They got the idea! ....Right? Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "Personal preference, Professor." That was as good a reason as any, wasn't it? Maddie thought so. She smiled at Romanos and then lowered her hand, satisfied with her contribution. She wasn't feeling particularly talkative today but she was interested in today's lesson if it meant they'd get to try out this spell. An unexpected chuckle escaped her. Goodness. "Yes...Miss Cooper..." Possibly the most correct answer yet. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Jasmine thought about the next question that Professor Romanos asked. Why would someone prefer to use the a Silver Shield charm? Hmmm, that was a good question. Finally coming up with an idea, she raised her hand. "Maybe a person might think that having a physical shield present would give them an advantage. I mean maybe if a person......the opponent saw an actual shield that could block their spell, it might be somewhat of a deterrent." "Now ve're thinking outside of the box," she commented, grin beaming upon her face. "Vhile ve can safely say this idea von't happen all the time during a combat session, it does hold the promise of perhaps giving you a few extra seconds of lack of offense from your opponent. Especially if they had not gone up against someone who had conjured this shield before, it may be vise of them to take a step back and re-organize their thought process to adapt to your sudden upper hand in the confrontation." Quote: Originally Posted by kayquilz Well this was all very interesting. Eden was taking notes, regardless of whether it was in the book or not. Because that's how info became IMPRINTED in your brain, right? So far....well....Eden couldn't say it HELPED but it was worth a trrryyyy? Maddie was so cute. Eden could admire Maddie all day if it wasn't creepy or weird. Only because the younger girl said awesome things ALL the time and whatnot. HEH. Buuuut anyways. Moving on in class and stuff. Silver Shield Spells. Whooh. Yay. She raised her hand. "Well I feel like they'd be a bit more protective--if they're a physical shield, like you mentioned." Good guess, she thought. It was a logical guess. Not speaking up right away, there was a split moment when he eyebrows furrowed together slightly. "Can you explain a little more on vot you mean, Miss McGee? How vill the silver shield spell be more protective?" Not that the girl was wrong, but she did leave it a little bit vague. Quote: Originally Posted by Jessiqua Zhenya thought about that one. Why would someone prefer a physical silver shield over a different one. Her eyebrows were pulled together in thought, and finally, reaching a silly conclusion, she raised her hand. "Professor, I… don't know much about them at all but V-vampires are… sensitive to silver, aren't they? Or maybe Werewolves. Perhaps some people might use a silver shield against these creatures to ward them off, because they know it will naturally work against them, more than protego, or any other shield charm." IT wasn't much of an answer, Zhenya realised it might even be complete nonsense, but it was the only answer she could think of. Medea, unable to keep a smile from appearing, shook her head. "Perhaps if the shield was made of silver, though unfortunately the only similarities to silver this shield has is it's color. It's internal composition is a bit different than that of silver. On the other hand, a fantastic thought, Miss Burton. Very out of the box thinking." Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni "I assume it'd be....uh, more efficient....despite the extra....uh, difficulty." Ultimately more worth while, though, to exude the extra focus and magic on something more useful....than to use a sub-par shield? With comparing and contrast, Protego wasn't as impressive. ...Noooooot that he was offering any real insight. Others had answered before he had....but Gabe was gaining some confidence from this 'answering in lessons' thing. Besides...this was Professor Flamsteed's...uh, girlfriend? and he was very knowledgeable man. Therefore, Professor Romanos...must've been okay....if the fact that she was a girl didn't bother you. As long as she didn't....uh, come too close....Gabriel was okay. SPOILER!!: Defense notes! Gabriel P. Banner Ravenclaw Fifth Year May 2, 2085 Defense classroom Defense Against the Dark Arts 2: ?? What is the Silver Shield spell? "The spell creates a shield, rather than actually acting as one itself. And the shield it makes is actually really strong; it can deflect super powerful curses and stuff that could even totally blow up other objects you might try to use as shield." - Tobias Tempus; Hufflepuff Fifth Year Silver Shield vs. Protego The Silver Shield is resilient to both mundane (physical) and magic attacks; allowing for a more multi-based defense. It would also remain in place (since it's CONJURED) while using addition spells and magic; something not possible with Protego. Her smile from the previous answer didn't waver as Gabriel spoke. She may have even chuckled slightly under her breath. It was heartwarming to see him actually participating. "Do you think you can expand a little bit on vot you mean, Mister Banner?" she asked in hopes to get him to continue speaking. Quote: Originally Posted by Hera Fancy pants transfiguration stuff. He wasn't sure how he felt about charms v transfiguration as of yet. Spell work in general was easy enough to get the hang of, but he felt as though he was more of a Charms man than anything else. Still, practice made progress, right??? He couldn't think why someone would opt for one spell over the other charm. But... what if the choice wasn't what came to mind most, or which was more efficient?? Hand raised and waving with eagerness, Zeke offered his view. "What if Professor, you're better at transfiguration than charms, and so, the chances of the spell working and being stronger would be better? If you're bad at charms, it'd be stupid to use protego." Yeah. YEAH! Out of the box thinkings, yeesssss! "I vould be astonished if one didn't play to their strengths during a confrontation," she tried to say seriously, though ended with a few chuckles escaping her in the end. "Excellent opinion, Mister Rogers." Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar So the only thing the silver shield spell had in common with a patronus was the color. Which meant that AJ was wrong, but at the very least there was something similar about the two and that meant she wasn't way out in left field. Umm... AJ didn't know why a person would pick one spell over the other especially since she didn't have any experience with either of them. She listened to what everybody else contributed, and thought about why she may choose something. Well, that was easy. Her hand was in the air. "Maybe the silver shield spell is easier to achieve?" Eyes on the slackers. Not that AJ could really blame them. Some of the spells were hard and if her butt was on the line then she would be doing what she knew she could do. She nodded her head a little from side to side, trying to come up with a way to agree with the girl. "It depends really, Miss Valentine. For some, this could be a very easy spell to achieve. For others, it could be quite difficult due to it's transfiguration roots." Adjusting her legs back into criss-cross-apple-sauce style, she took a deep content breath and continued once everyone who looked like they wanted to speak up gave their opinion. "Ve haff just one more question before ve'll begin practicing this spell. If you vont, feel free to stand up, stretch a little if you'd like." Leaning over, she grabbed the small pile of parchments she had earlier and pushed them behind her towards the stands, out of the way. "Final question. Vot are some downsides of this spell, compared to protego? Ve already discussed the silver shield's possible difficulty in conjuring, though is anyone able to think of any other complications that may arise?"