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Con_Stripes 
"You don't have to use blood today. However, you may wish to consider it when you create your own rune sets, and indeed if you are creating a particularly powerful runespell then blood is the best answer. For those of you who have coloured your runes magically, that is fine too. Much of it is a matter of symbolism, and indeed if you prefer not to do things the old ways I am fine with that," Obviously or he wouldn't have taught them the Intaglio method, "But it is still important for you to know the traditional and ancient methods, even if you put your own interpretations on them in the long run. So the last thing we will do before class ends is colour our runes. He set up some red ochre that had previously been mixed from powder with oils in bowls on each table, tiny brushes set for each group and a second bowl with water and a few cloths as well.
Looking at the paint stuff warily, Jake looked down at the rune on the top of the table and blue away the sawdust before he started. Once Jake had a brush he painted some of the stuff very clearly on his carved rune. He kind of... liked it the way it was.
Once the first was done, Jake clearly did the second, before ducking under the table to paint over the third. He really REALLY had to do it sparingly now, else it would drip.
And, almost as an afterthough, Jake painted over his little carved message as well. Hehe.
When he was finally done, Jake got back up, put the brush in the water to wash it off and wiped it dry, staying standing and stretching his back. Once he'd packed his stuff away and slung his bag over his shoulder, Jake stood and approached Jake, reaching into his bag again.
"I have your book, Professor Truebridge," he smiled slightly. "I enjoyed it." 'NOTHER, PEASE! "And I loved the lesson. I swear, you could make any lesson interesting.