Right, okay, duly noted. Toby nodded as Professor Walton answered his question, figuring that totally made sense. And he'd use Diffindo today, of course, because that was all part of the lesson. Tobias nodded once more, in thanks, and quickly jotted that little bit of information in his notes.

Ooooh, NEW SPELL. Toby checked out the little plant he had in front of him for just a second, before retrieving his wand. He'd not cast on it JUST yet, of course, that always had the potential to end badly. So practice, then casting.

"Her-biv-i-cuss... Her-biv-i-cus... Herbivicus..." Yep, nailed it. "Herbivicus."

Next, he tried out that wand movement, the three little mountains thing. And he made sure to try it a good few times, pointing his wand at nothing in particular. Alriiiiiight, time to put it together then?

Toby pulled his teeny tiny potted plant towards him and cleared his throat and pointed his wand at it.

"Herbivicus!" he said, clearly and confidently, whilst doing that 'three mountains' wand movement. Just as had happened with Walton, there was a flash of green light and then... nothing. Yep, for a second, nothing happened at all, but Toby was nothing if not patient. And for good reason, because next thing he knew, the plant before him had begun to growwwww. Nice. It always seemed that the spells Toby learnt in Herbology were the ones he managed to get right first try. Natural ability with plants (and animals) and all that.