 be curious, not judgmental
Sophie Brown didn't have a fear of spiders or cobwebs or anything else that generally encompassed those two terms, but THIS was a bit out of hand, even for her. Batting away cobwebs with every step she took, she ducked around them and avoided them as much as she could - of course cobwebs still clung to the rest of her body as she went, but for now, she just made sure her head was free of them.
Focusing on this task, Sophie hadn't noticed nor acknowledged the sign about the lint roller nor where the lint roller normally was as she hadn't expected any of it to be any different than it had been for years AND she always de-lintified before coming to class, but she DID notice the commotion geared around one Zander Adair. She stopped in her trek toward her desk near Tobes and peered through the cobwebs with curiosity - for a moment, she considered teasing him a bit, but... then she glanced up toward Flamsteed and thought better of it.
No tomfoolery in his class. But she DID give the professor a smile and wave of acknowledgement, but no further greetings from this Ravenclaw as the male Gryffindor prefect currently was the focal point of the room.
Instead, she ventured through the cobwebs and cast a cleaning charm on the cobwebs that had taken up residence on top of AND under her desk, then wiggled into her seat beside the seventh year Hufflepuff who, understandably, looked like he might perish from fear and discomfort - actually, by the look on his face, he seemed like he'd just been spazzing out over something, so... Soph offered up some encouragement in an attempt to ease his nerves.
"If I see a spider near you, I'll get it, okay? I'll be your protector." He knew well enough that Soph was relatively unfazed by spiders, so she assumed he would welcome her offer. She had his BACK.
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