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Anastasia turned slightly as she heard her name and noticed Iliana had returned. "Ah, right. We're about done discussing holly and Harry Potter," she told the other professor.
"But I was wondering, Ili," Annie's eyes trailed to the bright phoenix. "How do wandmakers collect the materials for wand cores? Surely they can't just go along plucking phoenixes...."
"Well, Annie..." she said, with a wink. "That's a great question." Before she could answer though... the students piped in with their own answers. She LIKED that!
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Miss Lissy Lou Jack tapped his chin a couple of times before raising his hand. "Maybe they collect these things once an animal is done using it? Like, I'm sure unicorns lose hair just like we do--maybe wandmakers go around, hunting for pieces of hair left by unicorns and following their trails? As for the phoenixes, I'm sure it's the same way, right? If a phoenix loses a tail feather they could collect that and use it, right?" he guessed. Was he supposed to answer? He thought so--if not, then Morgan would tell him he was wrong. But that sounded right, didn't it?
"That is one way, Jack. Very good." she said happily. "I regularly find unicorn hairs caught in random brushes when I'm walking through the forest."
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ChloeeCloverr Listening to Professor Bunbury ask them a question she raised her hand.Do they umm... Sniffle.Pausing for effect Shana opened her mouth to carry on.Shoot the Phoneixes and varius other birds and then plucking their feathers ? Letting her raised hand drop to the side,she waited and listened to everyone elses answers.
"OH GOODNESS, I hope not!" the professor answered. Leave it to a Slytherin to come up with that one. "I hope you were kidding, Shana," she said, eying the young girl.
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Hollister Sylvia hadn't thought about that. She thought that they actually DID just go and pluck pheonix' feathers and stuff like that. Seemed easy enough, though, she could be questioning animal cruelty.
"Maybe they .... buy it?" Sylvia said with her hand in the air.
"Yes, young lady, they do. Buying the items is probably one of the easiest ways for them to acquire the cores. Good answer."
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Whitterz Torin had no idea. "Maybe if a Phoenix likes someone they let them take their feathers and then they can sell them to wandmakers?" Epic fail. But it was a guess.
"YES Torin! That was the answer that I was looking for," she said excitedly. She then looked over at Annie and smiled.
"Professor Bunbury, if you would be so kind..." *cue HUGE smile* "... to demonstrate for the class how to go about asking a Phoenix for a tail feather?"
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Zoerawrr "..."
Why was she just glaring at him? EEEEEEP! Well, at least Professor Morgan was still here. Meh, still... shudder.
"Actually, Professor," he said suddenly, remembering to raise his hand just in time. "I don't think they'd, like, make the creatures docile or wait for the materials to just naturally come loose, unless it was something inside, like a bone, maybe tooth..." he paused, lowering his hand again. "They just yank it and run. It may hurt the animal, but it doesn't lower their dignity and stuff. Then, they might just wait, if they wanna be lazy. And when I'm a wandmaker, I'd want to do it properly. You know, like, grab the feather and run like heck."
Again, Jake paused. "Though some animals may just give you the stuff you need. Some animals."
Iliana snuggled Neo!Niffler close and dangled Annie's bracelet just above his nose. When she heard what Jacob said, her head snapped in his direction. Giving him a glare, she shook her head at him and sternly said,
"NO!"