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"Living things generally take more skill and concentration to turn into stone, though once you've mastered the spell, it feels simple enough," Svensson answered the girl. "Mostly it depends on the size and weight, as well as how complex the object--or organism--is. So a snail would be harder to turn to stone than a feather, but a bird would post more of a challenge than a snail.."
"Once you change a living creature into stone, though, only very rarely is it possible to turn it back. That's why we're learning on candy and household objects. And feathers."
"Oooh." Ema nodded in understandingness.
"That makes sense...thank you." she thought a little bit.
"Just another quick question though, if you don't mind, Professor...when someone or something living is turned to stone, is he, she or it aware that they have been turned to stone? Do their brains still function? Can they see with their eyes and understand the situation? Or are they just as any old block of stone?" Either way it would be a shame. On one hand, they would know what was going on and be able to think and see and stuff, but on the other hand, they would be tormented by it.
"And if they were able to think and stuff while they were turned into stone, would they be able to produce a unspeakable spell thingy to change themselves back?" she asked.