Lincoln landed a little ways outside the barn, allowing Kitty to shakily dismount him. "Thank you Lincoln," she said, hugging the Granian around the neck. "I'll come visit you later, k?" Then, taking the two feet tall tree from the ground 9where he'd dropped it upon landing), she made her way towards the others and leaned her tree up against the fence. It was super small compared to most of the others, but that was okay.

When she was back in the group, she raised her hand and voiced what was plaguing her conscience: "Professor Headmistress, I think you should know that while we were out gathering trees, I stumbled into Derf. He was attacked by a gnome and I tried to save him by stunning the gnome, but the spell hit him accidentally. The gnome bit his shoulder pretty hard, but I cured him and helped him cut down another tree. He was still stunned when I left, but I think that spell will wear off after a few moments - he's probably already coming back."

And she learned lots of things in this lesson. "I learned that I'm not as afraid of flying as I thought I was. Before today I'd never flown on anything, not even a broom. Also, even though I already knew this from reading, I got to see firsthand how powerful the connection between Ehwaz and animals is. Also..." Here she paused and allowed a measure of guilt to come into her expression. "I learned that's it's dumb to leave someone immobilized after accidentally immobilizing them. I should have waited to make sure it was going to wear off right away."