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"That Masterson," Cope nodded steadily. "He's tricky. Tricky tricky, and probably always up to something." It was obvious, based on how disruptive he was to the whole learning process. "If someone were trying to figure out what was going on, I suspect they'd need to follow Masterson for a while."
He leaned back on his bench and wrung out the hem of his robes. "The scene of the crime, so to speak, is currently underwater. Do you suppose there's evidence around the lake? The lake... that's Masterson's domain too. He's really the perfect culprit."
"Tricky, you say?" Anna asked, not really expecting an answered. She'd never seen Mr. Masterson as being the tricky kind. Then again, there was that time he'd flicked acorns onto the greenhouse right in the middle of Professor Bunbury's first lesson. Oh, and the man also, apparantly, regularly conversed with a giant squid. She supposed it could be true that there was one small element of suspicious nature to the man. Then again, didn't everyone have a slight mischievous side?
"Follow Mr. Masteron? The perfect culprit? Cope, I don't know," Anna mumbled. Her parents would have it in for her for speaking ill of a professor. Then again, what happened at Hogwarts stayed at Hogwarts, just like she'd told herself when she'd been talking with Evee and Lyra just the other day. "I mean...do you think? Really?"
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Mrs. Weasley Abby looks at Anna and Copernicus. "Do you really think Mr. Masterson would flood the dungeon and kitchen area? I mean hasn't he been groundskeeper here for like forever." Abby sits on the bench next to Cope.
"No," Anna answered, even though the question wasn't directed towards her. No matter what suspicions were brought forth in regards to the flood, she couldn't bring herself to suspect a professor...or, well, staff member. "I think he might have an idea as to what's causing it, though. Like I said earlier, I asked him about his need to talk with the squid, but he pretty much dodged my question." She shrugged and grew quiet. Hopefully this whole ordeal would just work itself out (with the help of the stduents and professors, of course), just like every other dramatic event effecting the castle had done.