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Bazinga 
"As you see we are going to be studying rocks today, what I want you to do is look at the rocks. Don't touch them yet, but just look at them. Which ones seem to speak to you, which would you pick if you were walking in the forest?"
Violet had been staring at the hooded figures, trying to peer at their faces, when she heard the teacher begin. Well, she didn't like Divination, but she did like rocks, she always had. Ever since she was little, she would occasionally pick one up on a walk or in the garden, for no seeming reason, because they were not necessarily pretty or unusual rocks--just some rocks seemed to want to come with her. She would bring them home, put them in a box or bag, and hide them in her room, and then one of the servants or her uncles would find them and throw them out. And she would start again. She sat up straighter and leaned over the table, trying to decide if any of these rocks seemed to want to come with her.
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Originally Posted by
Bazinga
[b] Her eyes looked at the hooded people again...She turned to them, "Would you like to take a seat and do the lesson with us or if you don't mind leaving so I could teach students without you distracting them, that would be lovely as well." She snapped towards them encouragingly before turning back to the students.
"With the rocks sitting here and what we have learned about nature and ways of reading, what type of reading do you think we will be doing today? Have you heard of any forms that use rocks in some way?" She tried to keep her distance from the hooded distractions and keep her focus on her students.
Violet nearly dropped her quill when Professor Kitridge invited the uninvited intruders to sit down and join the class--she didn't normally take to Professor Kitridge's ways, but she had to admit, the woman had style. She hoped the teacher wouldn't get in trouble for that and decided to try to move the class along to turn their attention and raised her hand.
"Well, I've heard of a type of rock divination called lithomancy, though I've never done it."