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Shanners 
... Sharpen his pencils? Rooney raised his eyebrow, looked properly at the kid and then back down to his drawing. "Is that all you have to offer?" Roo was someone that struggled to accept help on something from someone who didn't have an idea what they were offering or getting involved with. But he supposed that pencil sharpening wasn't a huge deal and the kid might have been really good at it. Wasn't he supposed to be giving people a chance this year?
"Sure. Don't break them. I like them all the same height." Too much sharpening would make that all wrong. Broken pencils left mess. He needed sharp elegant points.
Sharp and elegant.
Carl was rather taken aback by the question. He thought frantically about more ways in which he could help, but he did not want to ruin anything, so sharpening pencils seemed the safest. At the Ravenclaw's consent, he said, "Got it!" and with a grin, began his work.
He picked up a red pencil (red being his favorite color) and his pencil sharpener. There must be a charm to magically sharpen pencils! But for now, Carl had to stick to the Muggle way. When he was done with red, he examined his product. Sharp and elegant, check. He moved on to blue for Ravenclaw. Carelessly, he stuck the color pencil into the hole and - the tip broke. "Oh! I'm sorry." He said, glancing at the boy.