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He had to admit, he was pretty proud of himself for the connection. Divination was one of those subjects where he always felt sorta encouraged to think outside the box and there were rewards for it. Even under Professor Fletcher it wasn't as rigid as the man's posture implied. So, grinning and relaxing a bit at the confirmation about sage, Derf attentively listened as Professor Sutton continued on and introduced them to the gemstones they would be working with today. And, well, was it any wonder that this Hufflepuff selected Tiger's Eye as his gemstone of choice?
Didn't think so.
And Derf was most certainly going to go with the smudging method over water.
Hopping up and selecting one of the Tiger's Eye stones, which he really didn't give TOO much thought and just let his hand grab which one it pleased, the seventh year made his way over to the smudging station and collected a bundle of sage. It smelled...pretty great on its own, you know? And there was a familiarity about it as well since dad often burned it when he was performing Earth magic. Same basic principle too, cleansing and stuff. Wand out, he cast a tiny Incendio and lit the bundle. On the count of five, he blew it out and then pinched his Tiger's Eye between his fingers and ran that through the smoke ooooooooonce...twiiiiiiiiiiice...thriiiiiiiiiice.. .seven times just to be safe. He reckoned that, you know, seeing as seven was kinda a powerful magical number it made the most sense to go with that.
With the wire and leather cord in hand, Derf fumbled around with it all as he made his way back to his seat and flopped in it to finish up the process of turning it into a pendulum. And just in time too as the professor was now moving on to the next bit...which sounded rather arbitrary at first that the Head Boy thought his head may explode.
No right or wrong way...just as long as it was consistent. Well...wasn't that just a metaphor for something else?
Ruffling his hair and swallowing somewhat thickly, Derf dangled his Tiger's Eye in the air and gave it a bit of a wiggle to test and make sure that it wouldn't fall off or something - which it didn't, thankfully - so now it was time to try this question and answer bit, yeah? Yeah.
Holding his pendulum steady, Derf asked the first thing that came to mind - given his seating arrangement. "Am I Abraham Botros Jr?" And then he squinted at it, willing the stone to make some sort of movement.
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