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He could tell that others wanted to share their stories, but his point had been made. "Moving on!" Svensson exclaimed, slightly overwhelmed by the enthusiasm radiating from some students. "As you can see, things turning into stone is a concept that fascinates storytellers. I hope it fascinates you because today... we will be turning things into stone."
Arrick appeared to pale considerably. First, petrifying people. Now, they were going to really petrify things?
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"From the stories, we learned how things were turned into stone. And oftentimes we heard the reason as well. But in this day and age, why would anybody want to turn something into stone? Aren't there enough rocks around the lake, that you wouldn't want to bother turning you shoe into a stone?"[/COLOR]
"Maybe you want it to be around forever," Arrick muttered, suddenly remembering his primary schooling. The last thing he'd learned was that Egyptians made everything out of stone because they wanted it to last forever, and as long as they had statues they'd live just as long. It was all balmy, but they didn't call it ancient history for nothing.
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"Many of you gave examples of uses of the spell 'duro' in combat." Svensson began to pace the front of the room, slowly tapping his wand in his palm. "Do you think it is generally more of an offensive spell or a defensive spell? Why?"
"You could turn whatever's on you to stone and break off chunks and lob them back," Arrick muttered, though it wasn't clear if he meant it as an answer to the question.