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Zor crossed her arms and felt herself deflate a little. They had hurt her feelings. “Muggle Studies Professor Stewart,” she mumbled back in response to Professor Myers’ inquiry. The second year was ready to fire back at Mason, who had something to say about her ‘kicking’ idea, ‘cause his idea was even STUPIDER. But then Professor Myers’ shot him down anyways, so Zoryn stayed quiet.
She didn’t feel like doing magic anymore. Could she leave?
“Maeroro,” she tried, knowing class would pass by quicker if she was doing something.
"Ahhh, I see. Well I'll have to talk to her. You clearly need more time for your Herbology homework, not Muggle Studies!" he teased. He scooted next to her and brandished his wand.
"Ay now, with a little more pep, Miss Spinnet! I know you've got it in you!" she was like...Miss Peppy Supreme.
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littledhampir
"Maeroro." He tested the incantation aloud and found that while it did sound kind of funny it was not particularly hard to say. Next he tried the wand movement, which was just an upside down u. Heh, it was a frowny face. Olly scooted close to Noelle and whispered to her. "Seems kind of mean to make the tree sad on purpose, doesn't it?" It seemed like such a... Hufflepuff sort of worry. Still, Olly could shake it.
Yes, Paul heard Oliver's question, and he left Zoryn's side to approach the boy. He knew this would be a concern; he had positively
counted on it.
"I suppose it seems mean. However, whatever my own personal feelings on the matter are...I am here to teach you how to procure the tears. And how to...deal with many plants. Sometimes...I myself don't always agree with the practices. But my job isn't to tell you all what I believe ethical...I assume you all will make your own judgments." He smiled, though.
"Some would think it was mean, but necessary in order to get those tears. And in a bit, I'll let you in on a little detail that makes the crying...sort of, a necessary evil."
He had rambled slightly, but oh well. He knew Oliver would drink in every word. Oliver ADORED him, and why shouldn't he? He had started teaching at Hogwarts' Oliver's first year at school. He had a....special bond with those in Oliver's year. Little David Truebridge...who wasn't so much little anymore. There were more...Levi Kenning, Ava Burton...Noelle...
Suri, whom he did not care to think about currently, especially given her situation. Kitty, Dora...all of them. Henry. He knew he was missing people.
And then.
The leaking out of his eyeballs happened.
"Oh GOODNESS, I got DUST IN MY EYES-----" he lied, wiping them quickly. MERLIN, THE TREE WAS SUPPOSED TO CRY, NOT HIM.
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Oh, so the tree was affected by sadness! Who would have thought that you could make a tree cry by making it sad just like people cried. The answer that sadness would make a tree cry seemed so obvious now yet surprisingly simple. Honestly, she had sort of expected something related to the health condition of the tree. Most plants she knew of didn’t cry. There were her crossbreed daisies, of course. They cried and whined when they wanted water or attention. That was a completely different plant though. ”What makes a tree sad? Or do they just feel sadness from people around them?” Could trees feel sadness? Isa believed so, but she had never thought that plants could feel sadness in the same way that she did. Plants didn’t have the same emotional range or cognitive abilities. They got sad about not having enough water or not getting enough sunlight or not having the right nutrients in the soil or not getting proper care and attention. Plants didn’t have to worry about stupid boy problems or Saffron Stemp. Being a plant seemed like it would be so much easier sometimes.
Desserta Hightop sounded like an interesting herbologist to study. ”What are the magical properties of the tears?” Maybe Professor Myers knew more about Hightop’s work, and she would look into that later. Now was a time for making trees sad and cry, apparently. ”Where are the tears produced in the tree? Is it in the bark of the branches?” Trees didn’t have tear ducts, so how did they cry? Surely the tree must produce the tears somewhere in the bark or under the bark for the tears to be able to drip out the branches. ”Are the tears made from the same substances as human tears, or are they something else?” Maybe they were a special tree substance that nothing else could produce?
Isa had SO many questions, and once PAUL GOT THE DUST OUT OF HIS EYES AFTER WIPING THEM ON HIS SLEEVE FOR FIVE MINUTES he thought he should address them to the class as a whole, honestly.
"What makes a tree sad? Well....it's hard because they don't speak the same way we do...or rather, communicate. So in this case, it's why we need a spell to affect its emotions," he hoped that would explain things a little better, maybe?
"We will go over the tears in JUUUUST a minute once people have their vials filled--" which seemed to be taking a......long time. LOL. Oopsies
! "And the tears drop from the branches. Not sure where they are actually produced from," he said honestly.
"But I will find out and let you know! And I assume they aren't made from the substance. But they are clear..and resemble tears, so maybe." Again, the tree was still newish in discovery in the magical realm and needed to be studied further.
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Maybe Dobby would make the tree happy, except she didn’t have her squirrel with her even though she’d have loved to. He just couldn’t be hidden in her pocket like Derf kept Scamander in his. And, the professor had mentioned the tree’s tears having special properties, so she’d shot her hand up with a question. “Professor Myers, is it like how phoenix tears can heal things?” She was just curious.
He smiled over at Staysa.
"Yes, sort of similar, but obviously these tears won't have that same property." Because they
weren't Phoenix tears and all.
They were all asking such good questions! Paul loved it!
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Mostly, she didn't think plants had feelings or anything like that. She wasn't opposed to cutting down trees or pulling up flowers and stuff. However, the mandrakes they'd dissected earlier in the term had been a little too close to resembling people and creatures for her peace of mind, and now this pretty tree could shed real tears. Not just some kind of special magic tree liquid that looked like tears, but REAL ones -- like people shed when they were sad. And they were meant to make it cry on purpose, which seemed kinda...mean. So when the professor asked her what her look was for, Emmeline barely hesitated before asking: "Isn't it kind of mean to make the tree sad, Professor?" She was really conflicted.
He had answered her concern about it being mean to Oliver, but Paul smiled.
"Well.....perhaps. I addressed this before----and keep trying, m'dear! You are so close!" he nodded at her approvingly.
"And everyone is doing SO WELLLLL!" he shot a glance at Zoryn to see if she had...put anymore effort into her spell work.
"All right, start trying to wrap it up, guys! We're moving on shortly!" Paul pointed his own wand at one of the branches and did the spell exactly 3 times before getting one large, fat teardrop.
Interesting. He gave a sniff and shook his head slightly at the lack of smell. It was straaaaange.