 Fluttery Pegasi
Awwww, man. Why did he have to be the one to answer? Because the universe hated her, that's why. Obviously. Still, he was actually answering her questions, without being all Oh, look at how great I am, insignificant mortals! For once. Wait, did this mean Drapes was actually becoming, you know...human? Err...Wizard...a person? You know what she meant. "So does that mean that all species have individuals in it that are magical?" Like humans did, as he pointed out. "Because, it's one thing to have no selection for magic versus no magic," again, like humans, "and quite a different thing to actively select against magic." Which would, from her understanding of evolution, be required for a species to actually lose all magical ability within it. It was quite easy to see how magic would be selected for, but she couldn't really picture it being selected against, given magic didn't really hinder survival, and magical individuals within a species, again humans since he brought us up, look identical to non-magical individuals. Hmmmm, Drapes?
Anyway, she was ready to listen to Hirsc---oh, he was going to continue talking. Alright. She doodled a bit in the margins of her notes, jotting down the important stuff, and the stuff that wasn't obvious. Really, Drapes? Really? Like none of us could figure out that Karp meant, shockingly, carp. She didn't just roll her eyes at that one, she actively gave Drapes an Are you serious? look at that one. And... he kept talking. About half way through, Hadley dropped her head with a quiet noise that might have been a scoff, or it might have been an exacerbated sigh. She snickered when he mentioned the Creatures rating though. Because muggles use X ratings for something WAAAAY different. And she was 12. And Muggle-born. Sue her.
It was pure coincidence that Haddie got passed the picture of the Echinokarp's dragon form as Draper asked his question. What practical application did they have for wizards? "Guarding your underwater fortress of villiany?" she offered. And by your, she meant you, Drapes. Though if he actually said yes to that, he might actually earn a bit of respect in her book. For more reasons than one.
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Last edited by Callie; 03-18-2016 at 06:14 AM.
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