Alice's hand went up next. "There's Elder Futhark, the oldest form of the runic alphabet. It was used from the second to eighth centuries, and then in the late eighth century, it was simplified into Younger Futhark." Which that one Slytherin girl had gone on about, yeah? She tapped her quill against her chin thoughtfully, keeping her eyes on the dais and watching the professor wave his cane about.

If he let go of that thing now, could it take out an eye? Hmm.