Originally Posted by Antarctica!

Now that she was thinking about the instructions a little more carefully, they did not make a lot of sense. Kiri understood the idea behind cold reading, sure, but at what point in the process was she supposed to use it to coax out additional information from whoever it was she was talking to? It was frustrating!

Still trying to figure this out, she didn't even notice at first that another student had joined her. Kiri glanced up in surprise. Uh oh. The girl had a Prefect's badge attached to her robes. Kiri hastily did some internal rearranging. Showing annoyance over a task during a lesson in front of a Prefect probably wasn't such a good idea.

To her relief, the girl didn't seem to have more of a clue than Kiri. Comforting, but not, as such, helpful in the circumstances. "Great," she said with a smile, gesturing for the girl to sit down. "I, er, have a brain, but it's still attached to my body, unfortunately. I'm kind of using it and everything. But you're welcome to share it!" She lowered her voice. "We won't be very successful with it, though. I don't really know what we're supposed to do!" she murmured urgently. "Any idea how this works?"