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The graying of the skin at her face was no trick of the light. The Ravenclaw was actively losing colour as the Professor made demands to hand over Einstein. What's worst, the constant rise in his voice and the way he made her out to be a criminal before taking 10 points for something she'd never been told not to do a day in her life.
"With all due respect, Professor," She began, not making any moves to hand over the lizard just yet. A lot of hard work had gone in to Einstein. She'd finally found the right rate so he didn't explode like the first had and he didn't suddenly suffer some bone malfunction like the second. This was what progress was all about. Weeks and weeks of study....gone....just like that.....? "I've never seen that rule in the handbook and I've read it cover to cover. We turn rats to goblets in Transfiguration class, real rats. We experiment on them in order to acquire the practice and knowledge. How's it any different from practising a charm on them?" It didn't seem there was any real differentiation. "I apologize if it's made you feel uncomfortable, Professor, it's a shame it has but it's not uncommon in this school. I've never been warned not to and while I accept the point loss for the bathroom, this lizard is still perfectly healthy and aiding in my education."
Her brows creased, the reluctance to hand over Einstein growing exponentially. She wasn't a rule breaker. This wasn't a rule, unless he was making it now, in which case it was hardly fair to punish without a warning.
"The Animalis Fidelis charm is on our curriculum. It doesn't affect free will in any way, it simply calms the creature down and the effects are not long lasting. He was spooked and in danger of hurting himself. I was trying to make the situation better. I don't think I understand how that could be wrong." SO MANY WEEKS OF RESEARCH THOUGH. How did one simply...hand it over...? Sooner or later they WOULD have gotten to this charm. It was in the text and everything. She would be having a word with her Head of House too.
"Theo's right, we couldn't have left it to run loose. He'd get hurt and others would too in the process." The Gryffindor hardly deserved to lose anything, even if she did. No comment on the other creatures she had. She was NOT releasing them and she was NOT taking the charms off. A lot of work had gone into them. Months of observation she would never be able to get back. It simply wasn't happening and she wouldn't acknowledge he'd said it at all.
The lizard remained in her possession, waiting for an explanation.
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______________________________I'm fired up and tired of the way that things are said.
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