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So far, nobody had mentioned or apparently noticed the lack of lint roller outside the room, which made Daxton wonder if perhaps everyone had the tendency to ignore it entirely. He was not irked that his crime had not been brought to light, however, because he still had the lint roller right inside his school bag. If he still felt the desire to provoke a reaction from Airey Flamsteed later in the lesson, it would likely take little more than to very openy retrieve and display it.
In any case, his attention was focused, albeit very briefly, on the ugly little gnomes that had taken it upon themselves to enter the classroom and start warbling and blowing harmonicas at other students. For a brief moment, Daxton's expression was one of distaste, and he drew his bare feet closer to his own chair under the desk, not exactly finding the idea of one touching him to be very appealing. Then again, if one got too close, he would have the perfect opportunity to give it a good kick. That idea did appeal to his violent nature, and it seemed as though Airey Flamsteed might have the same feelings about the gnomes, considering the way he instantly dismissed them in a none too gentle manner.
Soon, however, the focus was on the actual lesson. Shooting stars, wishing on them, and why they were illogical.
Well, that was easy, and not even worth being written in his notebook. Daxton had always been of the opinion that wishing was stupid, and a huge waste of time. Wishing for something did nothing to make it happen; that time would be better spent on trying to make the desired outcome happen. Events occurred through actions, and not willpower alone. If such an outcome was impossible, that made wishing for it - or even thinking about it - all the more illogical. Wishing for something was like having hope, which Daxton knew to be just as unwise. He had spent plenty of time wishing and hoping for things as a small child, and been let down often enough to know that it was all a complete waste of time. At least he had learned that lesson very early on.
As for the context of shooting stars... that was just as simple. It had nothing to do with the fact that shooting stars were not stars, as real stars could do nothing for wishes anyway. No astronomical event had any bearing on the success of wishes, hopes, or dreams, just as it had nothing to do with personality traits or compatibility. Ultimately, wishing on a shooting star was as illogical as the entire subject of Astrology.
All these thoughts remained unshared by Daxton, given that he was not one to make his opinions known very often. In this case, however, it seemed to him that the answer was obvious enough, and Airey Flamsteed was bound to know that Daxton understood that wishing on anything, let alone a shooting star, was absurd.
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