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Heath caught Claudine’s tense smile out of the corner of his eye but didn’t dare try to return it. He stared at the pictures on the board in a vain effort to distract himself from his anxiety until Professor Recard’s voice jerked him out of his thoughts. Blink, blink. This lesson didn’t start the way he thought it would, though he wasn’t sure yet if that was a good or a bad sign. Probably the latter, the way this term was going. He considered the question carefully. Well, that was rather vague, wasn’t it? He had no idea how to answer that and for a moment, the thought crossed his mind to keep silent. He was afraid he’d be punished if he said the wrong thing but equally afraid of being punished if he said nothing at all!
Recalling facts about ancient civilizations was a lot harder under the hooded guy’s looming presence, but he tried to block it out and focus on the task at hand. It seemed that blocking everything out was the only way he could function anymore! Eventually he remembered something he’d read about astronomy’s influence in the pyramids of Egypt and cautiously raised his hand. “If I remember correctly, astronomy played a part in The Great Pyramids’ placement,” he said. “The ancient Egyptians used the stars to align the pyramids, and some believe that the pyramids themselves correspond to stars in the constellation Orion. That. plus the complex architecture involved in the pyramids, leads me to believe that wizards had a hand in their creation.”
It was only after he’d spoken that he realized just how long his answer was, and he was shocked. That was the most he’d said in a lesson since the term began. He had no idea where it came from!
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |