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Thereos
Thereos clapped his hands and gave them all a small slightly forced smile. Smiling wasn’t his thing but if it pleased the student’s he would. "The correct term is Tessomancy or tea leaf reading, 2 points to each of you. We are today going to test the art of divining with the use of tea leaves."
Turning to the Hufflepuff who had volunteered so gallantly earlier Thereos said "Can you with the help of the girl with the red badge pour tea and hand out tea mugs to everyone in the class before we continue on?" Expecting them to scurry to take on the task he lectured on "Tealeaf reading is one of the most common forms of divination which is widely used all over the world. Tea in general we drink to sooth us, for comfort and for refinement. It’s also good to drink tea with a bit of honey in it if your throat is aching."
"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.
Alyssa waited until her tea mug had been filled and blowing on it to cool it, she slowly sipped it. It took her awhile as the tea was not only steaming hot it was strong, but she managed to drink it all up. She made carefully sure that she didn't swallow the tea leaves as well, and was glad that when she looked into her mug that the leaves still lay at the bottom of it.