Alice waited for the last block to move aside before walking with the rest of the Gryffindors to the last puzzle. She kept squinting at it thoughtfully while Lex talked, and everything she said got nods from her. "Yeah, it is. It's Teiwaz. The 'start with a loss' part is because that's the first rune in the third aett, which starts with a loss, because Teiwaz symbolizes a sacrifice or giving up something of some sort." Lex was just growing smarter by the day, wasn't she?

"You want to carve it?" she asked, looking back at the third year. "Or I could. Or Sarah could. Whatever works."