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Originally Posted by kayquilz

"I feel like troll society is probably very individualized and cut-throat. Since they are very aggressive and protective, they moooost likely fight among themselves often, right, Professor?" She began. "Low-intelligence creatures usually don't...survive well in large packs." Well, she thought not anyway. "There's not even a word for a group of trolls which means...they probably DON'T often have big ole' packs of 'em." Unless she just didn't know what a gaggle of trolls was called...which was likely.

Interesting theory. Williamson nodded to Aboli, slowly, as though he didn't want to give her an answer yet. "You have some good guesses there. You should write those down." You know, so she could test her hypothesis in a few?

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Originally Posted by astrocat

Ashley wrote down 'Shield charm, impediment jinx, disarming spell, other defensive spells: Useful for dealing with magical creatures. Don't use offensive spells.' in her notebook. She shifted nervously. Trolls? She didn't know anything about trolls. But she did know that some professors made you write long essays about pointless things if you didn't answer their questions, so she decided to at least made a decent crack at the question. "Um well, trolls are pretty dangerous, I think some are more dangerous than others, and you should try not to make them mad. They don't like it if you get in their personal space or territory, and uh, be really careful. I think they are solitary or go in small groups, probably. Is any of what I just said true?" She was nervous, not because of trolls but because she was literally just guessing in an attempt to not have to write an essay about how she was even in this class without knowing everything, and it could easily backfire and end up with writing an essay about how she couldn't answer questions correctly. At least this professor didn't seem like that kind of person.

Look at this kid. A good firstie, writing everything down. "I definitely wouldn't TRY to make them mad, right, but sometimes it just happens." He shrugged sagely. That nap early had honestly done wonders for his zen before this lesson. "Some of what you just said is definitely true, and I'm eager for you to see which is and isn't true for yourself."

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

He mentally reviewed everything he knew about trolls, hoping that would give him some insight into their society. He knew that they were aggressive and unintelligent, so it seemed a safe bet that troll society valued brute strength over intellect. But that was too obvious… and possibly too similar to what the Slytherin prefect already said. He’d have to think harder! Hmm… He’d also heard that trolls were attracted to bad smells. That gave him an idea! Now he just had to think of a way to phrase it that wouldn’t come across as judgemental. After some thought, he raised his hand. “It’s said that trolls are drawn to bad smells, so it stands to reason that their society has very different views than ours on what’s considered attractive,” he said. “The things we consider bad or gross are probably good to them.” He was immediately second-guessing that answer the moment he spoke. Someone please tell him that didn’t sound as idiotic as he thought it did!

Well this was a thoughful answer; figures it would be Heath to provide it. Williamson nodded, hiding a smile too. "This is a fair point," he acknowledged. "It's hard to even tell a male troll from a female one, I'll tell ya what. Good answer; they definitely probably have different values than we do. Let's see you test this theory out."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

This Snakette had indeed never encountered a troll. Did she want to? Maybe, maybe not. Claudine raised her hand. ''Heath mentioned smells.’’ Here, she paused and smiled slightly at him, completely ignoring Cole then transferred her attention back to Williamson. “Mountain trolls smell awful, and I’d like to think the other types do too. I don’t think the smell would bother them when they’re together like it would humans. So, when handling trolls, we should be weary of their odors.’’ That was all she had to say, yes? No. “Oh, and I suppose we could use grunts and pointing to help communicate with them as opposed to right off the bat getting violent.”

Claudine’s answer had a lot of opinion based on her limited knowledge of trolls.

Williamson appreciated when kids built off each others' answers. "Right, and you could probably use a bubble-head charm or something similar to avoid their smells." Or at least to keep them from driving you up the wall. "And excellent point about their communication practices." Didn't most of the boys here have at least a few things in common with trolls? He certainly did, even at his advanced age. He still liked grunting and pointing.

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

They were dangerous creatures, right?? Would she be able to get close to one? Did they eat people? Valentina raised her hand even though she had absolutely no idea what to answer but... yolo. “Uhhhhh.. they are stinky, giant creatures.. uhhh..and they are not very smart!!”

A fairly straightfoward answer from this young Gryffindor. "Right, that's... definitely some slightly opinionated information about trolls." He nodded, deciding that he should do some spell of some kind to make their words appear in the air, right? For those kids taking notes? Wasn't there a way to do this?

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Originally Posted by Daemon

... Troll society? This brought a small smile to his face. "Professor," Coby said after a moment's consideration, his arm up. "Because they're known for their low- their stup- um, their dumbness," there was a probably a better word for that, but he couldn't think of it at the moment and he needed to continue with his answer because people were looking, "I think they'd be easily aggravated? So it would probably be best to try and make yourself as unnoticeable as possible?" A talent of his, actually. He'd be excellent with trolls.

Wait, they weren't going to go meet trolls now right? Coby's face whitened. They just got back to school, couldn't the professors wait a week or two before springing these awful classes on them?

Williamson pulled his wand out of his pocket to faff with it and try to figure out the words-appearing-in-air spell. Where was Piers the Charms expert when you needed him, eh. He looked to the next student and appreciated, he did, his attempt to choose a kinder word when describing trolls. "Hmm, is low intelligence a reason to be easily aggravated? Or are passion and anger unrelated to intelligence?" Food for thought for you, Ravenclaw. "But that is a wise thing to do for any large creature you encounter."

He shook his wand a few times until bubbles started appearing out of it. Not that. Not that spell, right now. Williamson needed WORDS, since he'd forgotten his CHALKBOARD.

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Originally Posted by Fireheart

"Trolls only possess rudimentary magic, so their societies probably don't function much on spells or enchantments. I'd have to agree with Aboli that their societies probably run on violence and aggression." As for how to handle them? Avalon hoped she would never have to. "They're supposedly attracted to foul smells, like Heath said. Maybe you could bring along some dungbombs to distract them?" It was a lame trick, but she didn't really know how else she would deal with one. She didn't speak troll, and she would have no chance at beating one in a fight. A dungbomb might have to do.

Words.... there! Now he was cooking with fire! Williamson beamed at Avalon as the best bits of advice and theory the students were offering started appearing out of the end of his wand, as though he were taking notes in the air for them.

"That's a brilliant idea, Avalon. Good connection to the first question. I would love to see you test this theory with dungbombs sometime." Just give him a head's up so he could avoid the area, alright? It was bad enough that people who visited his hut already though he farted in it. It wasn't him, for the record. It was the squeaky old leather couch's fault. Always.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

When the next question was posed, Naya raised her hand. “You should definitely approach trolls with caution, if at all. Their behavior tends to be unpredictable and that’s a problem. But......since they aren’t the most intelligent of creatures, you might have a better chance of outsmarting them.” That is, if you could avoid getting eaten long enough to come up with a plan.

"GOOD!" Finally, someone starting to think outside the box! "I agree with you, Naya. They're definitely unpredictable, and CAN be outsmarted. Always try diplomacy with beasts--- and beings, and beasts formerly classified as beings. Good advice." See, other Gryffindors in the area, THIS was how you managed to live to see your seventh year. Not by taming the beasts, but by outwitting and outplaying them. He didn't always take this advice, but, there it was.

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Originally Posted by emjay

"Why do you need to handle them though?" he said anyway, not really having another answer. "Couldn't you just leave them alone?" Especially if they were big and dumb and smelly and mean.

Sometimes this McCarthy just rubbed Wiliamson the wrong way. This was one of those times. "Would anyone like to address this question for Eth---er," what was his name again? "Morgan? You COULD and SHOULD leave trolls alone, but what if you HAPPEN upon them?"

This wasn't that hard of a question, McCarthy. Geez. Get with it.

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Originally Posted by pundantic

TROLLS???

Kale audibly giggle!snorted. Trolls. Oh man, TROLLS. They were talking ‘bout trolls, folks. All of his peers were being the M O S T polite, but Kale didn’t understand why. Everybody knew what the deal was with trolls. So Kale raised his hand and said what his classmates didn’t have the courage to blurt out. Blurt being the key word. “Sir, trolls are dumb. D U M B. Dumb.”

And because they were large and stupid, you could do lots of things to outwit them. The range of goofy traps were open to bajillions of possibilities. Kale added, “I’m thinking if you have a wand, a slingshot and two rubber ducks, that should be plenty to handle them.”

The wand cuz magic.

The slingshot because they are too tall to hit with pebbles by hand.

And two rubber ducks for, WELL, obvious reasons.

Trust Lil Trent to come up with a big answer. "Yes, they're dumb, by our wizarding standards." Williamson tried not to bristle as the kids kept repeating this and reminding him of how dumb a wizard had to be to get, say, caught by a troll. "But thank you, for that...good.... answer about outwitting a troll."

Even though he himself wasn't sure what a rubber duck was? He was assuming a toy mallard of some kind? Its function undefined???

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Dangerous creatures? They were going to deal with dangerous creatures??!? Did that seem advisable... oh. It seemed like a theoretical discussion, which made Phoebe feel much more comfortable with the idea of TROLLS as a subject matter. She'd prefer not having to explain to her father and mother how her sister had been squashed before Halloween.

"Even if they're not very intelligent creatures, they are sometimes trained and employed in security situations. Guard trolls, right? So that suggests that they're not incapable of learning and having a goal set for them. By them. Whatever."

"Thank you, Phoebe, for pointing that out." He gave her a solid nod AND a thumbs up of approval. Not enough kids had pointed this out, okay? "They can learn, and even USED to be classified as beings. So to reduce them to just a grade of their intelligence is akin to underestimating them..."

And he'd leave it at that. Because they'd learn today. By Merlin they would.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Now, for his question...Adam raised his hand. He actually didn't really agree with his classmates who insisted trolls were dumb. "Well, I think trolls are probably a lot like us. They probably have families. Some are probably more popular than others...and they probably also have a troll who is a leader. I bet their society is a bit like ours, honestly," he explained. It seemed so obvious and simple to him!

Williamson ALSO liked this answer, and since his thumb was still out and interuppting the flow of floating text, he aimed his thumbs up toward Adam Luck. "I bet you're right," he replied elusively. "Let's find out, shall we?"

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Valencia thought for a moment before raising her hand. "I actually don't think they are given enough credit. They must live in tribes that have enough intelligence and organized thought to dress, communicate, and eat." It was fairly known that there have been a few wizards in history capable of communication with trolls. And they were always depicted as having some sort of clothing.

"There's been security trolls as well. So they're capable of having human type jobs." Just saying. "Isn't it rude to have the worst failing grade named after an entire sentient species?"

That being said, she had no desire to run across any. "I think the best way to handle the situation would be to steer clear. I'd think they wouldn't attack unless they felt threatened or scared."

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

The other students were covering a lot of facts and ideas about them pretty well, though Kale's answer in particular caught Ivy's attention. "Why two rubber ducks specifically?" she asked curiously. The wand was obvious, and probably really the main thing you needed anyway, but she could see a slingshot being useful too. But rubber ducks? Did trolls have a special liking for them that she hadn't heard about? Or was there something else special about them?

Oh, and as for the professor's question... "I also kinda agree with Valencia," she said, raising her hand. "I don't think they're always given enough credit either. They might not be able to get, y'know, perfect O's on an exam, but they are intelligent in some ways. They're still around and haven't gone extinct for all this time, so they must have some understanding of how to function and get along with other trolls and other species."

The next pair of answers ALSO earned his approval. "They do have their own langauge, you're very correct about that." As for rude calling someone a troll... "Well, maybe trolls use the term 'wizard' or 'wand-bearer' as an insult." He actually didn't know if that was correct or not. "Great answers, both of you, well-said." He did appreciate when students took the side of the beasts or beings. Most of the time.

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Originally Posted by Raquelin.

"If there any different species of trolls they probably have different ways of behaving and, huh, cultural traditions." Do trolls even have cultures? Oh well, she was here to learn right? Right. "Like, at my house we always eat dinner at 8pm but when we visited my aunt - who lives in Italy - they always eat at 9pm and think it's weird to eat earlier AND because she lives near the coast she eats a lot of fish so maybe trolls who live near bodies of water eat a lot of fish and trolls who live in forests eat... other things -" Perhaps this addendum hadn't exactly been necessary, but Ninette presses on. "- and maybe some trolls are more aggressive because they are less used to seeing people, and when people come into contact with them they usually disturb them instead of respecting them... even if they are a bit dimwitted they still deserve respect, I think."

...and then some of the time, the answers just made him scratch his head. It took him a minute to digest this one, but Williamson decided it was a worthy response. "I think you said that well." He wasn't sure, but he thought she had. "All creatures deserve respect. You're definitely right about that." As for the other things... well, they'd see, wouldn't they.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

"That's okay." Emm said, with all the innocence of a girl who'd seen too much and understood too little. "If it dies, Auntie Jessa can bring it back and then it'll never be able to die again and there'll be no way we can hurt it no matter how little we know." Then they wouldn't need to go get a professor or anyone else and wouldn't risk having it taken away. Kid had a whole plan where this was concerned and it was growing all the more elaborate by the second.

Oh but they were moving on. Emmerson nodded along while the Professor explained precautions they needed. Going with someone else was easy, she would always have Kizzy and they'd just go together. Where were they going? Could they go NOW?

T R O L L S?!?!

"I know, I know!" She said, her hand shooting up. "I can SHOW you. So--okay--you gotta look--okay, are you looking?" Emmerson turned once more to her bestfriend, slouching her shoulders and using her fingers to train her brows into a straighter line. Very serious. The little girl grunted a few times at Kizzy, as she imagined trolls did all the time. Then. "Me troll, you troll." She hit her chest hard, nearly coughing in the process but it was a convincing performance, she was sure. "We together now." Grunt grunt grunt.

She turned to the professor again. "Only they don't really talk but I bet that's what the grunting means half the time. Very simple creatures. They don't ask for much. Best to avoid, they look hideous in pink."

Hang on, was this child talking about necromancy? In the middle of HIS class? Necromancy was right up there with taxidermy and marriage on Williamson's (mental) list of forbidden topics.

"I... I don't think that's a good thing, kid. Please don't kill any of my creatures for your auntie's experiments." Alright? That was a cut and dry, couldn't be ignored statement. The troll impression though... he wondered if he should be offended or should just laugh. Willy ended up crossing his arms and covering his mouth with one hand as though watching her intently. Really he was hiding a smile.

"Right, they DO talk though, they have their own language. Guess we'll see soon how accurate your impression is, hmm?"

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Kinsay straightened her back a little bit when their Professor praised her for her right answer. It was so right that it even made him scratch his jaw thoughtfully because he probably hadn’t ever heard an answer that creative and right before. ”What if they look sad?” Hugs were very helpful for getting rid of sads. Daddy’s hugs were magic for that, but Kinsay was good at them too. If professor didn’t believe her he could ask Teddy.

Emm’s echo of the finders, keepers sentiment made Kiz feel more confident. Finders keepers was okay because it was different that stealing, even though she probably wouldn’t actually just take something she found anyway. These things were different in practice. She would likely feel too awful to take.

Speaking of feeling awful, the thought of dead creatures made her a little sad, but Emm made a REALLY good point and Kizzy found herself nodding along. Auntie Jessa was real good with the undead. Kizzy knew because she saw some of the kneazles when she was hanging out at the manor. ”And they always look good as new.” She added to make sure that Professor Williamson knew that Emm was talking serious business.

Anyway, they were moving on and Kizzy made sure to pay attention because apparently they were going to see XXXXX rated creatures today. The rules were easy enough. [b]”Hey buddy,”[/b] Kiz whispered to Emm with delight. Emm was a built in buddy. This stuff was easy.

Kinsay didn’t raise her hand to answer the question right away because she needed to think for a moment. But when Emm raised her hand and turned to start demonstrating, Kiz was quick to play along. She slouched her shoulders too, mirroring Emmerson, and gave her best grunt. ”We troll!” She pounded her chest too. Grunt, gruuuuuuuuunt, grunt.

Also, Kinsay had a question. ”How come they’re so dangerous? Do they eat people?”

Oh, heavens. This would be the one to break him, wouldn't it? "'Looking sad' doesn't always mean a person wants a hug though, right? Some people don't like being touched? And you wouldn't hug a stranger or a grumpy old man who smells like dung, would you?"

Was he talking about himself just now? Never mind. He probably needed to be more direct with this pair of trolls.

"Just don't hug a troll. And yes." He nodded, DELIBERATELY ignoring her discussion of the zombie dogs and whatever else the Gryffindor's aunt did for fun, "Trolls DO eat people. They'll eat about anything. Even first years."

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Trolls then. Not too terrible. At least Weevil had them delving a little deeper than textbook facts. That was enough to keep Nem defaulting to joke answers. They raised a hand. "Well, they like antagonising people and winding them up, don't they? Upsetting people, starting arguments, red flag to a bull kind of thing. So, rule one: don't feed the trolls." Okay, so it wasn't quite enough to stop them. Schmoe would have appreciated it though. "Oh. Trolls trolls. My bad." Oops. How embarrassing. So sorry. Et cetera. Et cetera. "You could learn to speak Troll if you're that invested in trying to deal with them. Couldn't hurt."

Unless you decided to troll the trolls. And they decided to bonk you on the head with one of those giant clubs.

Ha bloody ha, Nemesis. Only the corners of Williamson's mouth twitched, mostly because he was now being forced to imagine a first year running up to hug a troll and then being eaten by it. See? This was why he had to use a pensieve and get parental permission for anything ACTUALLY fun. It was for kids like... those ones over there.

"Uh, yeah, the trolls we're talking about today DO talk back, if you can learn their language. You might even be able to pick up a few key phrases today, Nem, you're pretty smart. Can use 'em on your peers later." Challenge set, if the Slytherin would bite.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

"Like Adam said...I imagine that at the very core and baseline of it all that troll society isn't really too much like our own. Like, you know, in terms of social groups and family units and all that...their own language that can be studied and learned too. I sort of have always pictured them like undisciplined beaters. Like in quidditch. Only without a broom...but maybe with a Graphorn. Just in concept of whacking and defending things that are theirs or their territory. And like several others have also mentioned...they are able to be integrated into our own society and social constructs, giving sort of professions. Seems kind of shady that they aren't considered Beings if you ask me. They've only been knocked off that because of their intelligence compared to wizard's, right? Seems a little elite. I mean...they tick off at least half of the...maybe even up to 5... of 6 signs of civilizations."

See, this wasn't an answer Williamson would associate with the village idiot. It was a good answer, actually. "I like the picture you're painting, Miller," he complimented the lad. "It's definitely shady that they were kicked off the Beings list. Why DO you think that was?" Did he know the context? Context was everything, even if this was more of a History of Magic (boring) type of question, and not a strictly Creatures one.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

”I bet troll society is smelly and loud, but that it works for the trolls, so we shouldn’t judge.” Because if trolls wanted to be smelly and loud, good for them. Also Josh likening them to beaters was pretty brilliant, did he know? ”I think it’d be awesome to see a troll close up because I never have and they’re huge and I bet that’d be cool, but it’s probably smart to avoid them if you can unless you’re like a troll-ologist or something. Is that a thing, Professor?”

"Thank you for reminding us to reserve our judgment until the end, Cece," Willy stated with a nod. "Yeah, ya know, it kinda is a thing to learn to speak troll. Believe it or not, some people even have a gift for trolls." He shrugged. And those people were actually pretty weird with bad hygiene. Dragon freaks, like him, were obviously the best kind of -ologist.

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

Then lo and behold it was revealed that they were discussing trolls tonight. Were they going to get to see a real troll? Cole looked around curiously. No troll in sight. As for the question Cole contemplated what to say when everyone else had pretty much said it all. Thinking he raised his hand to say. "Trolls I've heard from my grandma come originally from scandinavia. Mountain trolls i believe aren't as stupid as some of the other troll types since they can tame and ride graphorns. Also since most trolls are violent and aggressive you should if possible avoid them all together. If not an option you should approach a troll with caution and speak to the troll in simple words since most trolls know some human words, have your wand nearby and be ready to flee at first sign of danger."

"Your grandma was right," Williamson replied to Cole next. "These are some good, ah, facts." Not so much a testable theory there, but they'd see if Cole could really speak to a troll in a polite way and live to tell the tale, huh.

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Originally Posted by hjhm

Trolls. Their topic for today were trolls and for some reason it felt like Professor Williamson has a friend back there- a troll, suddenly greeting them all hello with his huge limbs and its fee, fi, fum language. Whatever. That sounds terrifying in his head. Eron has read about trolls obviously- everyone else did and he's trying to recall as best he can about trolls. Shame that he hasn't done any extra reading on them.

"I've read that they are quite aggressive and they're attracted to rotten smells" Eron answered. He agrees with the others, trolls are the smartest creature but they can understand human language. Odd but that's a good thing right? Plus their diet is consist with raw human flesh. Eron cringed at the thought. "I agree with Valencia on this one. Steering clear away from them is the best way" he nodded. Also to quote what the professor said earlier, NEVER go on the offensive against a magical creature. Emphasis on the never. That right there is already a great advice.

Yep, some more of the answers about trolls being aggressive and liking bad smells... "Good answer, I suppose." If only one could avoid trouble always, huh.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

"I think it's not that trolls are stupid, but that they're underestimated because they have their own language of communicating in grunts. And somehow grunting has been equated by our human society as low intelligence. Trolls, like everything have a purpose... but i think it's important to know what kind of troll before you can determine what their purpose in life is." Did that make sense? Maybe?

"I agree," he nodded. "I think it's interesting that some people underestimate trolls because of their low intelligence but then overestimate theirselves and their high intelligence... and that's when the problems happen." At least, that had been the case for him...

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Putting her hand up she decided to answer, but everyone else seemed to give all the correct answers. "Trolls live in a fun community with music and singing, some even have sparkly gems in their stomachs." She tried to look fully serious as she talked about the muggle versions of trolls, but she knew Williamson would see through it, he had been at her house a few times with her parents, so he knew she wasn't muggle only with things.

Oh... oh no, no no. Wasn't this Cassie's daughter? Poor thing. Probably lived in a world of unicorns and rainbows, didn't she? Or was she JOKING? She had to be joking.

"You're a funny one, Miss Kitridge," he smile-grimaced at the girl. "Though that is what Muggles think of trolls. Good thing they don't know about the real version, right?" Because he'd happily teach a class about trollls that smelled like bubble gum and strawberry shortcake and whatever else.

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Originally Posted by Samia

Olivia was...silently watching.

While this class sort of perked her interest, she looked like she couldn't be more unimpressed. Saying she didn't want to be here was an understatement but definitely pointless to angst over - and she didn't like dwelling on things she couldn't change anyway.

So .... she watched them all talk about Trolls, while her quill idly moved on the parchment in front of her - drawing what she thought trolls possibly looked like. One resembled the boy who had cracked that awful joke on the train, and the other resembled the slytherin prefect. Lovely.

She had nothing against them, or maybe she did, but mostly they had lovely faces to morph into trolls.

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

'If you play stupid games, you'll win stupid prizes.' Catherine raised her eyebrows in pleasant surprise and nodded solemnly at that statement. Very fitting for the topic being discussed and she appreciated professor Williamson saying it, given some specific people who attended that school. She knew exactly those he had directed that comment towards.

When the man said they would be looking at trolls, Catherine's mind went back to the layout of the area. That along with the topic weren't a good combination, in her opinion. That was the man who had brought a dragon to be hatched at that school when her parents had attended, so Catherine didn't quite put anything beyond him. Having a real life troll there would not be fun and was definitely not something Catherine would look forward to seeing. At all.

Troll society? The Ravenclaw didn't know a whole lot about trolls, but the way professor Williamson was speaking, it was like they acted somewhat like... giants? As in they all lived in a colony of sorts, probably depending on their exact kind? Breed? Was it breed? It was probably breed as they were classified as beasts, she thought.

They lacked sapience for sure, that much she knew.

As for the quiet ones... well, Williamson wasn't sure how to respond to these girls. He looked at both of them, pointedly, waiting to see if they'd put a hand up to share their thoughts, but when they didn't... well, it was time to move on.

They'd be falling into a forest in Eastern Europe, where they'd see a young, very young, and thin, and much less gray William W. Williamson walking toward a bridge, wearing a backpack and a backwards cap, whistling something very out of tune to himself.

No trolls in sight.... yet.

OOC: Welcome to the mini-activity! For now, you just have to follow along with my posts and act/react according to your student's personality! I will post every few hours. This is the 'observation' or 'we do' portion of the class. The 'you do' main activity will follow in about two days.