 be curious, not judgmental
Her mandrake looked picture perfect, so she stopped worrying about it and instead turned her attention to everyone else. She watched the others taking care of their repotting and watering, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Truebridge remove her earmuffs. So Sophie did the same.
Dismiss them? She perked up at that - they were already done? Merlin, that was simple. The Ravenclaw removed her gloves and pocketed them, then looked attentive as the woman showed them two very different mandrakes. Was that supposed to scare them? Make them fear for improper care of their mandrake? Well... it certainly worked with her. Her mandrake was NOT going to die.
And she had no clue how to label her mandrake with magic, so she took up a marker and labeled her pot with it. SOPHIE BROWN was sprawled in big, loopy letters, and when she was finished packing all her things away, she turned to grin big at her herbology partner. "Ready," she replied brightly, tucking her bag over her shoulder before looping her arm with Zander's and tugging him toward the exit.
Oh. And. "Bye, Headmistress! Thanks for the lesson, 'n have a nice day!" Politeness and all, but then they were ready to TAKE ON THE WORLD.
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