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Aaaaand there it was. The professor dropping the grinning persona and noticeably wilting at the seventh year's presence. Here he was TRYING to not be, you know, anything other than the eager student. That was his job, you know? And this class a massive part of his future. On top of Professor Wayland's reactions...there was also the mooncalf under a Lumos spell look in Natalie's eyes when he sat down next to her (and then Bel on the other side of her a bit later). Why was she...looking at him like that? Should he NOT have sat here? Did...what happen between them mean that he wasn't allowed to be her partner in this class anymore? Was HE being insensitive and forcing his presence on her now?
But before he could ask anything, class began and Derf forced his attention back to the professor while he tended to a rather persistent itch on the back of his hand.
Feline creatures. That was...well...wow. Glancing at Natalie out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but feel like they had just come full circle. First lesson of their first year had been kneazles...and he had blown up a litter box and got feces all over her. Now, in their seventh year, they were revisiting felines and on a much larger scale. Maybe...maybe this could be an almost symbolic sort of restart? He wanted to think that way at least. Maybe this time they could do things right by one another. "Reminds me of our first year," he whispered to her as a few of their classmates mentioned kneazles. But soon his hand was up to offer up a different answer of his own. "The nundu," he spoke confidently. "Native to East Africa and an incredibly powerful and beautiful feline creature...stronger than a dragon when it comes to magical resistance really...seeing how many wands it takes to effectively subdue them and their poisonous breath."
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