Oh yay Noelle was there and sitting by him. Olly grinned at her but then class was starting so he couldn't really say anything. Professor Hirsch was definitely right that spells did not always go the way they were supposed to. They definitely didn't always work the first time. There were a lot of reasons Olly could think of that made spellwork frustrating. His top answer was the what Noelle said: concentration. He did not exactly have the best concentration. It was easy for his mind to wander and hard for him to get the amount of focus he needed to properly cast a spell, especially the more advanced ones. That older Slytherin, Rula, had a good answer too. There were so many spells it was sometimes hard to remember all of them. But Olly needed to come up with his own answer.

He didn't duel but he tried to think of what it would be like if he did. Or if he was in a dangerous situation. He raised his hand. "Rula had a good point. There are so many spells sometimes you don't remember the incantation or wand movement. I think it would be hard especially when you're in a dangerous situation. You have to think quickly but it's harder to think under pressure so you might not be able to think of the right spell fast enough."