 SUMMER FOREVER
Etta studied the diagram for a moment before carefully following instructions. Casting a diffindo, she created an incision down the centre of the neck of the mandrake, making sure the line was straight. Hm.. neat enough or so she thought. She moved on to make triangular flaps on either side of the incision she'd made earlier, basically wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. She peeked into its mouth as per instructions, trying to get a good look. She could see the tongue and leaning forward even more, she could see clearly see down the mandrake's throat as well. She sat back on her seat, considering the professor's interesting question. Um. If they don't breathe, how do they make such loud noises? Um. "Since they are magical plants and completely different from humans.. they probably have a body mechanism that lets it manufacture its own supply of air." Maybe. It was just a guess, after all. But she couldn't give it any more thought because DERF.
Derf was clearly upset. But.. upset about what exactly, she couldn't tell. He always did seem to end up panicking in Herbology, though. Didn't he mention once that he was scared of plants and that his dog was eaten by one? But Derf just made her upset. All she wanted to do was to go over and give him one BIG hug, tell him that everything was fine.. So she quickly walked over to where he was, a comforting smile on her face. The girl skipped the hug part for now. "DERF! See? I'm fine." She waved at him before turning towards Professor Myers, looking extremely concerned. "Uh.. professor, do you think he should leave?" Because she thought that he very much should. Staying in class would only make him even more upset and she wanted him to be HAPPY, not sad. It hurt to see him crying so much. Her Hufflepuff heart couldn't take it, okay?
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