Aha. See? It was always good to make an attempt. Professor Cassie seemed pretty pleased with his answer, even though it was wrong. She was like Professor Glendower in that way. Anyway, he wasn't TOTALLY wrong, only about the name thing, because they were going to use those mysterious vials.

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... So... that was... blood? Um. Oh. It shouldn't have been such a bad thing, because they worked with animal blood and stuff in Potions all the time, and MAYBE he should have expected it. But, uh... yeah. He hadn't. Toby eyed the vials for just a moment, but there was work to be done, something he was reminded of when an oracle thingy turned up at his desk. At least these were gathered humanely. That was good.

Right then, first off... name carving Toby could do that. He grabbed his wand and pointed it at the oracle section of shell he had. "Intaglio..." Usually the spell was done with runes, but Toby thought it could also work quite well here. It was still carving, after all, he just didn't need to keep chanting. "Intaglio." ... "Intaglio."

Eventually, he'd done it, carved 'Toby' on the shell. Except, uh... huh. The seventh year raised his hand. "Professor, do we have to carve our full name onto it? I'm not sure mine will fit, but what if I end up doing a reading for another Toby?" Not that he'd mind, really, but he'd never know if he was right about it. And... come to think of it. "... And was I supposed to write 'Tobias'? Or is 'Toby' okay?"