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Cosgrach shrugged to himself, checked the time and used his wand to close the door. Then, getting up, he smiled at them.
" Before we begin brewing, I have three questions for you." He looked at their faces as he paused briefly. Then, clapping his hands once, he said "The first one is: which emotions can be used to manipulate people and how? For example, guilt is a strong manipulator. A person feeling guilty would do possibly anything to relieve his conscience. What else?" OOC: The class has started now, so please don't post your character arriving late! Instead, act as if they have been here all along. 
The class will continue about 18 hours later. West wasn't a fan of the question and he sure wasn't a fan of the answers. That love thing? Yeah. That thing. He struggled with that thing. He did put his hand up though, after a time.
"I think it depends if its conscious or subconscious manipulation. People subconsciously manipulate other people all the time, and that's when I think its more likely to play into the big ones... love or guilt or whatever. That's nature. That's instinct. If we couldn't play on other people's emotions, then people couldn't connect, and even parents wouldn't care to raise and care for their kids. But when it comes to consciously manipulating someone I think it also depends on how the emotion manifests in an individual. For instance I don't think everyone can be manipulated by love... because some people cut themselves off from it, but anger? Everyone gets angry. I think anger would be an emotion that could and is used both consciously and subconsciously when it comes to emotional manipulation, because when someone is angry they are less likely to think rationally."
So... where were they going with this?