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Well it looked like the class was off to a good start with their guesses. “Half right, Mr. Atreyu-Rehman,” Celeste confirmed with a nod at the boy’s mention of the moon. “Th’ moon is one of th’ celestial objects I was looking fur.” And the one she had been referring to from an earlier lesson where the evening’s topic had been mention in between moon cycles. Though in retrospect, the professor realized it only had a chance to occur to the upperclassmen. “Aye to the moon….nah to the phases,” she added for Ms. Walles benefit. As for the slew of talk that happened after. “Weel ma office door tis open…outside of classtime.” Then she could decipher where it was going.

Oooo the fifth year almost got the second celestial object she was looking for. “Close, Ms. Ackerly,” the astronomy professor assured her. “Since the second item is in fact a star.” Unfortunately, her friend wasn’t getting them any closer.” Nah for this lesson, Ms. Montmorency.” Not that either the constellations and zodiac weren’t in the curriculum at times. Nor Ms. Masters who as a first year certainly wouldn’t have attended the earlier lesson Celeste had alluded to. “Not this evening, Ms. Masters,” she mused, making a mental note to perhaps circle back to that again perhaps next term.

“In fact I wis looking for th’ sun and th’ moon,” Celeste informed them as she made the move to move on. “Th’ ying and th’ yang of our sky with one predominately ruling the day and the other the night.” Though they were always there in one way or another, they were just not always visible from every location on earth at every given moment. With a wave of her wand towards the center of the room, she removed the disillusioned model of the Earth, Moon and Sun that resided there.



“The two phenomena ye will be learning about today occur when the placement of the Earth, Moon and Sun move into certain positions.” Were any of the students catching on? “Two words each with the second word being the same.” She wasn't one to simply reveal everything, trying to find out what they might already know and expand upon it.


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