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Okay, so... so... so it was okay to keep using the drink as a hand warmer. And to ACT NATURAL. And luckily, Abey was a PRO AT ACTING (sort of) (a bit) (actually). Anyway, Abey nodded to Derf, agreeing that he would not drink the hot chocolate (siiiiIIIIIIGGGHHHHH), then turned to the professor as she started the lesson.
Uh... huh. Okay, so... Abey supposed that question was sort of supposed to be an easy one, and it was definitely something he could answer without having to read the textbook first. But NOW he was having the complete opposite problem; there wasn't really a specific answer, just a LOT of maybe answers. Like... a LOT.
The only thing Abey could think of was for people to be kind to each other and help each other, but also to challenge each other and then everyone could spur on everyone else and then everyone could achieve really actually mega great things and then things would be really good. But he had trouble finding the right words for what he wanted to say, so he had simply kept quiet.
The next question was much, much easier for Abey. There were a BUNCH of solid answers and, as he had grown up magic he already knew a bunch of things to say that didn't require book knowledge.
Of course, because he could say anything, Derf's voice was VERY LOUD AND VERY SUDDEN AND VERY EVERYTHING, and Abey gave a startled, strangled yelp, starting in his surprise and nearly knowing over the cup of hot chocolate. His heart was going WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM, but Abey did, at least, know that it really was just Derf being Derf.
Whew. Okay. So. As Abey's heart rate went back to normal, he threw in his own contribution to the class discussion. "Harry Potter did that whole thing that he did," he offered, still warming his hands over the hot chocolate. And also... "And also, my great-grandfather, Abraham Botros - not my grandfather who taught here, although he was an Abraham too, but actually his father - he helped hide Muggle-born wizards in that whole war that Harry Potter was involved in. Which probably helped improve the wizarding world because those Muggle-borns might have had kids who had kids who went on to invent things or help other people, and their kids might do the same in the future." Abey... wasn't actually very enthusiastic with his answer. Actually, he was a little subdued with it because thinking about Jaddi still made him sad, and also thinking about that whole war was sad too, now that he was a little older and understood things a little more.
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