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Tazenhani · 07-10-2015, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Something about the topic of patronuses always seemed to make Toby quite defensive. But that hadn't always been so. When he was twelve and found out what they were, he couldn't wait to learn one, but by the time he was sixteen and Soph suggested they get Piers to teach it to them... he'd been reluctant. Hugely reluctant. It had only been Soph's comment that he didn't have to join them that had instantly awoken Toby's fear of being left out, rejected, abandoned... whatever, and that was the only reason he'd agreed to go along with it. In the end, of course, it never happened. Soph had learnt to conjure a patronus on her own, from Cutty or someone, and Toby had actually been grateful. But it had been a sensitive topic since perhaps before the first time she'd suggested they learn the skill, and that had only got worse over the past couple of years.

Toby considered all this now, and the retort he'd initially been about to make thankfully died before it reached his lips. He'd still not told Dakest why he was reluctant to even try casting one, and Toby knew that the more he spoke the more likely he'd blurt something like that out. And it was something he preferred to say in a more controlled manner and environment, so he simply kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything, very obviously avoiding the subject.

... Ah. There it was. The reason he'd initially been reluctant to ask if Dakest himself could do wandless magic. Toby had been worried he might reveal what he'd only just gone and revealed: that he couldn't. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to Toby, who had already formed an idea of Professor Dakest that was more or less set in stone, and he sort of visibly deflated, wearing a strange and unreadable expression.

Aside from anything, Toby was instantly unnerved by the idea that he could do something that Dakest could not.

"I think... maybe I can't actually use it either," he said now. Yes, he could get behind that idea. "Maybe it's something else. It's probably something else. Yeah." Toby nodded as he spoke, already halfway towards having totally convinced himself.

He glanced up at Dakest again, just for a second, then his eyes strayed back to the creatures in the stable. "You don't have to, of course. If you don't want to, I mean. I'd like that, but... like, it's okay." Toby wasn't going to lie and say he didn't want it, but he'd suddenly been hit with a ton of feelings that always came with asking someone for help. Guilt. Selfishness. All that fun stuff he'd never been able to shake, no matter how much reassurance he got. "Like... I mean... it's probably something else, anyway, y'know? It's cool." Toby smiled up at the professor, and gave a shrug of his own.

There were several things that one should not do as a Professor, around or in the presence of students. Laughing at a student, was one of those things.

Problem was, he couldn't help it. Toby's expression, the words that came from him and kept coming from him. It had him laughing, leaning against the stable wall, and laughing. Not necessarily at the boy, but at the way he was being utterly ridiculous. The lack of logic. It wasn't the same thing, was it?

"I said I couldn't do it, Toby. Not I didn't know what it was, or can't recognize it." Shaking his head, he pushed away from the wall. "But if you want to think that way, then by that logic, since you can't do a patronus, then neither can I."

Still chuckling, Sabel gave the kid a solid clap on the back, starting down towards the doors. It was as clear of a gesture to follow him as anything else. "Don't deny yourself potential because someone else doesn't have it. Otherwise, you may as well be invisible."

Stopping at the doors to the creature housing, Sabel's laughter subsided. He tucked his hands in his pockets, considering with more ~~maturity~~ seriousness, Toby's words. He spared a long look at the kid. "I know I don't have to, but I wouldn't offer, if I didn't want to help. But more importantly than that, the question is do you want my help."

The kid had said he did at the beginning, but now, once again, he was flip-flopping. Sabel wanted a flat, firm answer. Perhaps it was too much to ask, but this was as much 'training' as any wand work or incantations as they would do. If Toby wanted to survive, he had to start being confident and sure of the words that came out of his mouth.

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Tazenhani DMLE & DoM Doxy Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,150 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amur Neverwinter Fourth Year	~ Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs become Lions ~ SPOILER!!: LMAO Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Something about the topic of patronuses always seemed to make Toby quite defensive. But that hadn't always been so. When he was twelve and found out what they were, he couldn't wait to learn one, but by the time he was sixteen and Soph suggested they get Piers to teach it to them... he'd been reluctant. Hugely reluctant. It had only been Soph's comment that he didn't have to join them that had instantly awoken Toby's fear of being left out, rejected, abandoned... whatever, and that was the only reason he'd agreed to go along with it. In the end, of course, it never happened. Soph had learnt to conjure a patronus on her own, from Cutty or someone, and Toby had actually been grateful. But it had been a sensitive topic since perhaps before the first time she'd suggested they learn the skill, and that had only got worse over the past couple of years. Toby considered all this now, and the retort he'd initially been about to make thankfully died before it reached his lips. He'd still not told Dakest why he was reluctant to even try casting one, and Toby knew that the more he spoke the more likely he'd blurt something like that out. And it was something he preferred to say in a more controlled manner and environment, so he simply kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything, very obviously avoiding the subject. ... Ah. There it was. The reason he'd initially been reluctant to ask if Dakest himself could do wandless magic. Toby had been worried he might reveal what he'd only just gone and revealed: that he couldn't. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to Toby, who had already formed an idea of Professor Dakest that was more or less set in stone, and he sort of visibly deflated, wearing a strange and unreadable expression. Aside from anything, Toby was instantly unnerved by the idea that he could do something that Dakest could not. "I think... maybe I can't actually use it either," he said now. Yes, he could get behind that idea. "Maybe it's something else. It's probably something else. Yeah." Toby nodded as he spoke, already halfway towards having totally convinced himself. He glanced up at Dakest again, just for a second, then his eyes strayed back to the creatures in the stable. "You don't have to, of course. If you don't want to, I mean. I'd like that, but... like, it's okay." Toby wasn't going to lie and say he didn't want it, but he'd suddenly been hit with a ton of feelings that always came with asking someone for help. Guilt. Selfishness. All that fun stuff he'd never been able to shake, no matter how much reassurance he got. "Like... I mean... it's probably something else, anyway, y'know? It's cool." Toby smiled up at the professor, and gave a shrug of his own. There were several things that one should not do as a Professor, around or in the presence of students. Laughing at a student, was one of those things. Problem was, he couldn't help it. Toby's expression, the words that came from him and kept coming from him. It had him laughing, leaning against the stable wall, and laughing. Not necessarily at the boy, but at the way he was being utterly ridiculous. The lack of logic. It wasn't the same thing, was it? *"I said I couldn't do it, Toby. Not I didn't know* what it was, or can't recognize it." Shaking his head, he pushed away from the wall. "But if you want to think that way, then by that logic, since you can't do a patronus, then neither can I." Still chuckling, Sabel gave the kid a solid clap on the back, starting down towards the doors. It was as clear of a gesture to follow him as anything else. "Don't deny yourself potential because someone else doesn't have it. Otherwise, you may as well be invisible." Stopping at the doors to the creature housing, Sabel's laughter subsided. He tucked his hands in his pockets, considering with more ~~maturity~~ seriousness, Toby's words. He spared a long look at the kid. "I know I don't have to, but I wouldn't offer, if I didn't want to help. But more importantly than that, the question is do you want my help."** The kid had said he did at the beginning, but now, once again, he was flip-flopping. Sabel wanted a flat, firm answer. Perhaps it was too much to ask, but this was as much 'training' as any wand work or incantations as they would do. If Toby wanted to survive, he had to start being confident and sure of the words that came out of his mouth. __________________ I've got a fire for a heart._________________________________________________ I'm not scared of the dark._________________________________________ _______________________________________You've never seen it look so easy.