The centaur walked along the side of the class. The students were a funny sort. Not the laughter funny, the odd kind of funny. Humans in general were odd to Thereos. He kept his senses peeled for any movement, sounds, or shadows that seemed to be ominous.
So far, there was nothing.
SPOILER!!: Charlotte Kettleburn
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Tegz 
Char did NOT know what uses fireseed bushes could have and whatever and that didn't matter anyway because she was SO DISTRACTED BY THEREOS SHOWING UP.
"Hello Thereos sir!" OOOOH HE HAD HIS BOW AND ARROW. SHE WAS BURSTING to tell him that she was still doing archery! Not that the Centaur would likely care but... but she burst out with one comment that she couldn't resist making, "Your bow is so nice!"
Sorry Professor Myers, but priorities okay?
Students kept talking to him, which was fine, but Thereos turned to look at this small one. “It isn’t supposed to be nice; it’s supposed to be a way for centaurs to protect themselves, to honor our culture...I would hope there is nothing ‘nice’ about it.” He commented shortly.
He supposed the human had been trying to compliment him, but it was no compliment to a centaur.
SPOILER!!: People who told us hello: Henry Whittebrook; Kitty Valentine; Cassandra McNally; Brent Westwood
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emjay While Henry was pleased to have been correct in his answer, whether they'd be seeing Devil's Snare or not today, he didn't dwell on that for long because there was a real life CENTAUR in their class today! He stared in awe at Theros for a moment, till he realized that he was just staring. And that was a bit rude, wasn't it? "Good day, sir," he finally returned the greeting with a grin, trying to be respectful. But did Alice see this? They thought they might have see one from a distance the other day, but here was one up close and ready to lead the class into the forest. Coolest class ever.
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One thing that did manage to distract her, at least a little, was the appearance of a centaur. This was the first time Kitty had ever seen a centaur face to face. "Hello sir," she greeted him respectfully, ogling his strange body, hoping he wouldn't mind.
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Holmesian Feline Her offering was approved as were a good portion of the other plants, Cassie making note of the ones she hadn’t readily thought of on her own. Might be good to know at some point…who knows? And look…a centaur! “Hello,” she said, returning his greeting, doing her best not to stare in curiosity. She did incline her head in respect when he was introduced. As for the actual entering of the Forbidden Forest she was ready when Professor Myers spoke up once more to get the group’s attention before he led them on. Grateful she wasn’t a first year that needed t directly trail anyone on this little adventure, the fourth year made sure she had what was needed.
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Anna Banana With his wand clutched tightly in his hand, a slightly nervous/mostly excited Brent continued along the trail. Hearing the sound of a second male's voice, he looked over to see that a centaur had joined then, and he had apparently been with them for a while. Huh? How had Brent missed a centaur? He'd always thought the creatures were pretty cool, and this one seemed really nice and helpful. "Hello, Thereos," he said, hearing his name from another student.
He nodded at those who told him hello. The ‘sir’ was polite for humans, wasn’t it? He supposed he wouldn’t comment on it. The walk through the forest was proving quite dull, but a good dull. He would hate to have anything come at them right now, not with all the innocent, small humans.
He gave them all bows.
SPOILER!!: The student screaming : Nero
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He was getting tired from both brisk walking and nerves. When Professor Myers suddenly turned around with an eerie face thanks to the light he produced, he screamed. It was more in shock than fear, really. He managed to calm himself down while the teacher was giving instructions. He put down his bucket, took out his gloves and put them on. He then retrieved his wand as he watched Myers demonstrating. Rotate just the wrist, not the whole arm. Note to self: You could potentially kill someone if it goes wrong. He repeated the movement Myers did a few times.
...Great Andromeda in the sky. Why was a human child screaming? The centaur immediately thought something was wrong until he saw the child was only fearful of the professor’s face.
He didn’t understand humans as well as he would have liked, but he knew he was displeased with the screaming. “You will attract unwanted attention that way, child,” he said in a serious tone. “Your distress will be taken as vulnerability.”
The centaur children all knew this.