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As soon as Tempus' work was done, Botros clapped and put a hand on Lecium's shoulder to keep him from doing the spell again. "You see that smoke over there? That's the rune burning, breaking. It means this time it was successfully done." He beamed at all the kids. "Now, the series of rune has been broken into two couples of runes; Raidho and Othala. Then Reversed Raidho and Othala. They're two separate broken couple of runes, they're not a curse anymore." He made eye contact with the quiet kids to make sure they understood.
"Now, you can all go ahead and touch the wall, it won't zap you anymore." THEN they could try and blast it away.
Cutty was there. He was there and having his usually bad thoughts that he buried beneath a just present enough grin as Botros gazed about the children in his class getting them to focus. His smile however dropped as Botros came to him. It wasn't quite a frown which replaced it, though, more like a neutrality. Eye contact. It was what the healers had advised his mother to do in hopes of instilling empathy or at least a bond when Cutty was a very young child. It was still a weapon in her arsenal, and one that remained effective, even if in doses undetectable to Cutty. He did not break the glance until the Ancient Runes Professor moved on to the next student, his entire demeanour changed, however.
Cutty stood back for a moment. He wasn't going to touch the wall until the others had done so. That way he would know that it was safe. After witnessing Wayne and Lecium help themselves he reached a hand out and appreciated the gritty yet smooth texture. He wondered if his Tita would let him wonder about in the blasted Egyptian heat all summer in a loincloth as a smile returned to his face at both that thought and Wayne's question about blowing things up.