 Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE!
Mamie hadn't really paid attention to who she sat near in potions today. She had not really paid attention to most things recently. Charms, sure. She paid attention in Charms. They got to move around a lot in charms. But she had pretty low expectations about potions. Sitting in her chair, where the main motion was stirring or adding to a cauldron? How could they expect her focus to stay there?
Plus, she tended to underestimate the usefulness of potions. New spells? Yes, generally they were obviously helpful. But when would she ever need, say, the polyjuice potion? She liked being herself, thank you very much.
Mamie still did not really like the Muggle bashing that was occurring in all of their classes, but it no longer got under her skin. She wasn't a Muggle, after all. And, words couldn't hurt her. Well, unless the words were spells. That sticks and stones may break my bones phrase really was better suited for the Muggle world than the wizarding one, wasn't it? She sighed, then tried to pay attention to what Professor Varma was actually asking.
She thought on it for a moment. Who would she want to be for a day? Or rather...who should she say she wanted to be for a day? That was still somewhat true? She knew it was not good to name a Muggle, but she had precious little knowledge of what wizards might be interesting to be. It was a pity she was terrible at history, or she could have chosen some historical figure. And, like, she knew she couldn't say Aguilar because he was a Muggle-born and that was also "bad." Was Peralta Muggle-born? She didn't want to show favoritism for a particular professor, though, because then Professor Varma might feel bad. Mamie fidgeted with her wand while she pondered the decision, then finally raised her hand.
"I would want to be Aboli for a day," she said, "because she's good at everything, and she's nice." |