"A very good question," he grinned at the boy as he reached to pull his wand out of his breast pocket to conjure up a model, but instead managed to drop it on the floor. "Galaxies are systems comprised of millions or billions of stars and these stars each have their own luminosity. For us on earth, the relative magnitude of the star's luminosity are what make things appear bright and not so bright. Some galaxies are close enough that we can see them with the naked eye when we look up at the night sky. Others, however are soooooooooooooooo far away...." he explained as he bent over to pick up his wand when....


*CRACK* *POP*



The professor froze in his hunched over position with his face frozen in a state of complete and utter pain. He hadn't even been able to utter any cry of pain as the shook and just how suddenly it had paralyzed his moments took the breath right out of him. He could hardly speak and moment of any sort was entirely out of the question. Worst of all, at least to him at that specific point in time, was the way that his wand was taunting him there. On the ground. Just out of his hands' reach.

"Someone....Healer..." he managed to gasp between electrifying jolts of pain up and down his spine.