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Bind runes.
.....ep.
Derf's posture suddenly JOLTED upwards as though a broom had been slipped under his robes. It was the most straight the young man had ever sat in any class, which was so incredibly subtle and further proof that Derf was about as sneaky as a Hungarian Horntail in a China shop. His thoughts vividly went back to THAT day when he had overheard the talkings and mullings of the Hogwarts staff while he had been busy chasing down Picketta. A VERY distinct discussion about bind runes ONE the treasure they had found while under the lake and how the Headmistress did not believe that there was anything Dark about them but for protection and strength. But that still hadn't made the Hufflepuff's heart feel at ease. Just because protection and strength were typically positive traits, that did not mean there weren't sinister motives behind them.
Protection and strength on a treasure? That HAD to mean something and Derf had theory upon theory spinning in his head. Much like the single coin he still kept in his pocket from that day and often spun on his desk while thinking back in his dorm.
Not to mention he couldn't shake the feeling that their safety was being gambled with. After everything that had happened since he was a first year - the portal still causing him restless sleeps and nightmares - he would have thought that Hogwarts would be veering on the side of caution.
And then Derf realized he had kinda sorta just been STARING at the Headmistress...so he really ought to say SOMETHING or else he would look suspicious. Not that that was too late or anything.
"Well...um...well...um...bind runes are sorta a way for one to attempt to have an impact on the future...rather than us individual runes to casting and try to predict it...or using a rune in the here and now for a purpose...like talking with horses and other horse like creatures using Ehwaz," he began, hand moving wildly through his hair as he ruffled it. "And...um...way back when...it was a common practice to combine runes, er...bind runes, in a way that asked something of the gods...either a blessing or..........a curse. And...um...bind runes are sorta more of a magical process instead of having definite starting and stopping points. And...um...I think there are three types of bind runes? Each with a different kind of singular and specific purpose. I like the Radial ones...even if their names are really long and hard to pronounce...and I think those ones were mostly used defensively."
Yeah...he had done a faaaaaaaaaaair bit of reading up on things.
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