Vera wasn't sure where her vocal chords had gone off to, but she WAS paying attention still at all of the questions and the background for their activity for the day. Example? Well while she couldn't have contributed to what each individual law for conjuration vs transfiguration was like a chunk of her classmates, had she been quicker on the hand draw she would have added that it was helpful to have the ability to conjure something if you were in a bare, desolate location with nothing to transfigure. Or if you were just unable to get an item you already had in your hand looking like what you needed it to turn into, having the ability to try conjuration instead could help in a life or death situation. There were certainly perks to both types.

As for which was more difficult? Well she found herself inclined to agree with Sage, even if it wasn't the majority answer. Conjuration was hard creating something from nothing, sure. But at least it was easier to picture an elephant without comparision to another item which made focusing much easier. Whereas if she were trying to transfigure a blanket into an elephant, it was hard to isolate the ideas of a BLANKET being an ELEPHANT, y'know? Either way, she'd distracted herself with sudden picturing of an elephant in a blanket and was unable to offer that observation either. Oops.

Now! For practice time. And of course they were starting with the transfiguration spell version. Recentering her attention, Ve started with practicing the incantation though as a seventh year it wasn't one she hadn't attempted before. "herbifors. herbifors. herbifors." The word herb was a weird one, wasn't it? She got stuck on that for a second before continuing. "herbifors, herbifors." Content she was saying it correctly, Ve pointed the wand at a button in front of her and combined. "herbifors!" ... She hadn't stopped picturing the button though so while a sad single flower appeared, it had strange holes in it instead of the usual middle. With a grimace, she pushed it to the side and grabbed another button. This time, she practiced pointing her wand so she felt exactly where she would need the tip of it to go. Once that was memorized, she closed her eyes and pictured a single yellow carnation. "herbifors!"

Ve peeked one eye open and was pleased to see it had been successful, though perhaps a little sad looking still. She considered going for another button, but then instructions were started for the next spell so she abandoned the idea and instead focused on the conjuration spell.

Orchideous. Deciding that since conjuration was generally a little easier for her anyways, she'd go ahead and try it with a non-verbal. Once they were released for practice, she practiced the incantation a few times out loud first. "Orchideous, orchideous, orchideous." Satisfied she was fully focused on the word, she tried it in her head a few times - focusing on nothing but it. Then it was wand movement practice, which she did a few times. Finally, she combined the pieces, trying to picture a yellow carnation. It took 6 or 7 attempts, especially since she wasn't speaking it aloud, but around the 8th go she could see a flower had appeared on her desk. It was... much better looking than it's transfigured counter part, but she was pleased nonetheless.

Since she'd gotten some success for the main activity, Vera decided to go back to practicing herbifors.