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Originally Posted by
Lissy Longbottom 
Scarlett had gotten very interested in this whole Runes thing - mainly because she wanted to see what was so fascinating about it that made Mr. Stuffy Professor believe in THAT over DIVINATION. She still couldn't believe he'd said that. Shouldn't they all be like...supporting the other professors and their subjects? Not making snide remarks about it behind their back? It still had her fuming. She wondered if her dad had ever experienced doubt from his fellow professors when he had been teaching...
Still, she wanted to know what it was that was so fun about Runes. And so far - it was nothing. It made her head hurt. It was like studying a different language AND a charms theory AND Divination all at the same time. It was so...broad. How could anyone focus on any one part of it? It made her brain hurt.
Alice had picked up a few books on birds, hoping to find one that might help her teach Diaval to talk. Her pet Raven was clever as all ravens were but teaching a bird to speak took patiences and most people only taught parrots. So this was frustrating. But Ravens had been associated with witches for years.. so maybe there would be some wisdom here.
That's when she spotted a girl about her age reading a rune's book. "
Mind if I sit with you?" She smiled.