 Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
Brandon took the professor's smile with trepidation. Half right was not right enough. However, since the question was not easy, and he hadn't been the most wrong, he figured it was okay. He reminded himself that this was Hogwarts, and not home, and you didn't get in trouble for being half-wrong.
His focus turned to his notes, where he carefully wrote down what he'd learned about comets. Comets were made up of ice and gas. They had wide orbits, like Halley's comet.
Next question. It was also pretty hard. "Aren't comets also sometimes seen as an omen? And bringers of bad news?" He didn't believe in things like that, but he wasn't sure that it wasn't true. He didn't know much about astronomy |