"I'm sorry, Professor." Junia bowed her head, feeling bad. She was normally early to this particular class and she didn't want Hirsch to think badly of her. Hopefully he understood that everyone, even a Botros, had a bad day every once in a while.

Fidgeting with the music box in her hands, the third year considered the creature they'd be focusing on today. Erklings had always scared her when she was small. A creature that could get her to leave the safety of her family if they wanted was terrifying and there was something so sad about the thought of all those lost kids, innocent and with no control over what was happening to them. Well, if they didn't know how to defend themselves, that is. She wondered if the music box and the way the music inside tended to lull kids to sleep was connected to the way Erklings could lull children into a state of submisson.

"Professor, erklings are creatures who like to eat children. Since they use sounds to get the children to come to them, silencing them could be a good way to defeat them, or perhaps putting a spell on yourself that would prevent you from hearing the sounds they were making."