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Listening intently to the Headmistress explaining materials and tools for carving runes, Isa wrote down everything that Headmistress Hawthorne said. "Thank you." This was fascinating information. Maybe she would try carving her own rune set later. Runes was a really interesting subject, and Isa had plans for doing some more rune studying on her own later. She was only a third year, but she was interested in studying runes more in depth.
Yay, horse time! They were going to get to ride the horses! This was going to be so fun! Okay, so they were going to gain the trust of a horse, ride the horse, find a tree, and - what??? Cut it down? NOOOO! THE TREES WERE LIVING THINGS! They deserved a chance at life in the forest! Isa didn't want to be a tree-murderer! Trees were good for the environment. Deforestation was a real issue, and it was bad for the environment. Who knew what sort of forest creatures called the trees home. Were there bowtruckles protecting these trees? Isa didn't particularly feel like having her eyes clawed out by bowtruckles today. That was only a secondary concern though. Mostly she just wanted the trees to be alive. Isa was a big supporter of having living Christmas trees. "No! We can't kill the trees! I won't do it! Let's get living trees as decoration instead!" Isa was NOT going to kill a tree. You know what was a more sustainable way of having Christmas trees that lasted for years? Growing a sapling in a large pot and keeping it outside for most of the year when you didn't want it inside as a Christmas decoration. You know what would be cool to keep as a living Christmas tree? A flesh-eating fir.
As she followed the headmistress to the horses, Isa sulked over the fact that the headmistress had purposefully planned an activity that involved killing trees. Tears welled up around the corner of the young Hufflepuff's eyes. Whatever happened, she was not going to be cutting down any trees. The horses temporarily distracted Isa from her outrage and sadness over the instructions to cut down a tree, which Isa would not be participating in. She approached a horse, one of the granians. The activated Ehwaz rune helped her build trust with the horse. Gently she stroked the granian's neck. Was that helping? How would she know when the horse trusted her enough to ride it? What would she be doing for the rest of the lesson as she refused to cut down trees because she conscientiously objected to cutting down trees? Could she save the trees from being cut down and get everyone to agree to living Christmas trees? Living trees were the way to go.
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