 Torparticus #3 Mod Babysitter | be curious, not judgmental
After casting a quick Finite on his jellified hand, Max stretched both his arms out in front of him, gave a yawn, and straightened up on the bench. He flexed his non-wand hand, ensuring that it was back to normal, then he brandished his wand once more.
Should... he try it nonverbal? Was that too dangerous, considering his confidence level?
Probably.
But he was going to try anyway. Without giving it much more thought, Max jabbed his wand toward his hand and nonverbally casted, Torparticus! Oddly enough, he felt the same, mild tingly sensation as he had the first time he tried it verbally. Max shook the hand lazily, casted a nonverbal Finite on it to make sure it went back to normal, and gave his hand a stern look, as if it was somehow his hand's fault that it hadn't fully worked.
Maybe he had to stress on the way it was supposed to be pronounced a bit more. It seemed to work out that way last time, too, right? So, before lifting his wand to try once more, Max repeated, Torp-ar-ticus, torp-ar-ticus, torp-ar-ticus, a few times in his head.
Shortly following the third time of ensuring he was thinking through it correctly, Max jabbed his wand toward his hand and casted, Torp-ar-ticus!
The full numb, tingly, prickly sensation returned to the joints of his hand, and he wrinkled his nose at it. "Enough of that," he said with a head shake. "Finite." His hand returned to normal, and Max rose to his feet.
Too much Defense Against the Dark Arts practice for one day. He was hungry.
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