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The classroom was back to normal. The desks, the bookshelves, the spherical shape with the symbols in the front, the professor's desk on the dais and the blackboard nearby. Everything was back to the way it had been before the former lesson. The name-tags are set down on the desks so you should look for your name and have a seat at that exact place.
To the side of the classroom there were three long rows of potted plants, the professor had lied them down in a perfect order so make sure not to trip or touch anything. Walk in, take a seat and wait for the class to begin.
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Even in his distracted state, Toby didn't missed the 'sup' nod from Grayson, to whom he smiled in return, and then Botros was getting super happy and peppy about his runes, which was totally awesome to see. And still Toby fidgeted with that darn quill of his, and still he tapped his foot.
More runes then? Ummmm... the Hufflepuff thought for a moment, trying NOT to look at his book, because he wanted to try and remember this without any help, as practice for when he sat his OWLs. Eventually, he raised his hand.
"Could argue, for, uhh... Hagalaz," he offered, now tapping the end of his quill on his parchment. "'Cause it can be used for removing unwanted or, like... destructive influences, which is technically what healing is. If it's in the Healing Charm, it could be used to remove the bad stuff so that the healing can happen and the positive can sort of... flourish?" Maybe? Maaaayyybbeeee? "And it can't be inverted either, I think, like Jera and Sowilo. So the Charm would still be all powerful, too."
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Adi scribbleeeed as Professor Botros spoke. Fascinating stuff this all was. And nothing to do with good harvesting that year or whatever it was that he was thinking with that brain of his. LOL.
He paused from his note making, took a bit of time to think then raised his hand. "Maybe Dagaz, Professor.'' The rune had a correspondence with revelation and hope. Annnnd back to making notes.
Angel was a bit confused but she knew something of the Fehu Rune, she raised her hand. "How about the Fehu rune?" Angel wasn't sure if it had been said yet or what the rune was about but she had heard of that rune all the other ones had gone so she thought she'd guess.
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Mm. No. Marigold scratched a clump of fuzz off of her robes for several minutes as she took notes. It wasn't that she wasn't trying, it was just this class was so hard for her she just found her focus drifting...
...
She opened her eyes wide at the next question and sat straight up and prepared to take notes because she didn't know the answer.
Runes. Runes were HARD to keep straight for this Sophie Brown, and she could only safely identify one rune on the artifact without second guessing herself - Jera, of course, for she had to study it for the last homework assignment. Luckily the others knew AND had good guesses about how they all worked together. Soph kept busy throughout this time, taking avid notes and glancing at Botros every now and then. She was STILL a little concerned that the man was late, though it DID seem like nothing was wrong when he entered. That didn't ease her worries too much, though, and she was still going to keep an eye on him.
A bracelet that could heal ANY malady? THAT was way cool.
What other runes could be added to the chain, though? Soph... wasn't really sure. She LOVED Tobes' answer, though, because he explained it so well and sounded so sure of himself AND he knew his stuff so well - he really was impressively knowledgeable - so he was probably right. The Ravenclaw nodded enthusiastically at his answer, looking between Tobes and Botros. YEP. THAT WAS A GOOD ANSWER, SIR. She agreed with that one.
Kace was scribbling in his notes all what the professor was saying about each rune. Jera was the rune of change, Uruz is the rune of strength and Swolio is the rune of endless energy (the sun). Just plain and simple so he didn't have to copy SO much down. After he copied it down he heard the next question and wondered what other rune could match with them. Kace flipped through his notebook to find some.
Flip.....flip....flip.....flip....flip.
Once he found one that could work he raised his hand and offered, "Professor I think Eihwaz could work since it relates to strength and reliability and it is also the driving force to acquire, providing motivation and a sense of purpose." It seemed to fit for him. He only gave one though to let others find one. He found a second one but he figured he would stick to his first answer.
Norah let her cheek fall onto her hand as she stared at the front of the room. Uhhhhh what? She tried to keep up with her note taking, but difficulty with spelling left the second year staring at the forward with her mouth hanging slightly open. Blinking slowly, she picked her quill up once again and began to scribble down more information. Sigh.
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Naw. "No, dear. Isa looks like a vertical stick, there is no Isa here." He looked back to make sure.
"So, what's this new rune that I drew? And what do you think those three runes together mean?" He paused. "If you're unsure, open your textbook and see what each rune means when it's alone, then try to see what all three of them together mean." It was a little difficult for the young ones but they could always try and guess, Botros appreciated the effort.
.... Vertical stick. Right. Was that the technical term? Hehehee
Zeke opened his text book in the whole of finding SOMETHING, ANYTHING that made sense. Cause, yeah, NO idea.
SPOILER!!: Prof Botros again
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The professor snapped his fingers twice in excitement. "GREAT answers! It is all about the power of growth, and the fact that Swoilo and Jera cannot be inverted make this a very powerful chain of runes." He looked at the rest of the class excitedly as if his words made sense. "This chain of runes, my dears, is the Healing Charm." Oh dang, he needed some drumdrolls before he broke the news to class. "It is carved on the Healing Bracelet found in one of Egypt's ancient tombs. It's said that when invoked well, this bracelet can heal any malady." Botros looked at the blackboard with adoring eyes.
"The main rune in the chain as you can see is Swoilo, it is repeated many times to emphasize the purpose of this runic charm; Healing. Swoilo represents the sun, it is an endless source of energy and brilliance: a renewal of hope and achievement. The sun's rays offer vital healing energy, and the appearance of this rune often indicates a positive resolution to a health issue, or a time of successful recovery." He waited for them to write those things down if they wanted to, though it was all there in the textbook.
"Then we have Uruz, the rune of strength, connecting the runes that are on the edge. It's there for this specific reason, to strengthen this chain of runes and make it almost unbreakable. You cannot invert Uruz, that makes it invincible when it's the chain holder.
"Jera is about change, a growing and fertile change. It helps the healing rune, Swoilo, get rid of the malady and let its healing energy flow into the target be it a human or a creature - anything with life in it." Botros waited some more before shooting his question.
"Can you think of more runes we could add to this chain to make it even more effective?"
Riiiigghhtt... Swoilo, Uruz, Jera... uhuh... Zeke copied that down, and consulted the textbook so that he might be able to offer an idea. ANY idea. Guessing would pay off eventually, no? He scanned the pages for something that mentioned healing or health stuff... and VIOLA!
Zeke's hand shot up into the air, "Teiwaz, Professor?" PLEASE SAY YEESSSS, he very much liked sounding smart.
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HUuuuuuh? The Gryffindor was torn between taking notes and trying to participate but this was all getting way too confusing for the Gryffindor. Maybe next round he'd step up and NEW QUESTION?! Okay. Gah.
Again, he looked straight at his book and started flipping through the pages. He carefully skimmed through until he came across one rune that sounded pretty legitimate, Algiz. And right as he put his hand in the air, someone else had answered with that one. Okay nevermind. Putting hand back down. Back to searching...
OH! Shooting his hand back up into the air again, the Gryffindor was going to answer with Hagalaz this time, but then right before he could be called on... Someone else answered it. Hm.
This time, not sparing another moment, the Gryffindor again raised his hand in the air, "Wunjo?" he asked as he started skimming the small explanation. He hadn't even read about the rune yet, but wanted to say it before anyone else so that he wouldn't have to find yet another one! It was a perfect strategy and-- "Actually..... Nevermind," he quickly corrected himself after reading through the rest of the explanation and yeah. Okay. Maybe not Wunjo. Maybe not.
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The professor snapped his fingers twice in excitement. "GREAT answers! It is all about the power of growth, and the fact that Swoilo and Jera cannot be inverted make this a very powerful chain of runes." He looked at the rest of the class excitedly as if his words made sense. "This chain of runes, my dears, is the Healing Charm." Oh dang, he needed some drumdrolls before he broke the news to class. "It is carved on the Healing Bracelet found in one of Egypt's ancient tombs. It's said that when invoked well, this bracelet can heal any malady." Botros looked at the blackboard with adoring eyes.
"The main rune in the chain as you can see is Swoilo, it is repeated many times to emphasize the purpose of this runic charm; Healing. Swoilo represents the sun, it is an endless source of energy and brilliance: a renewal of hope and achievement. The sun's rays offer vital healing energy, and the appearance of this rune often indicates a positive resolution to a health issue, or a time of successful recovery." He waited for them to write those things down if they wanted to, though it was all there in the textbook.
"Then we have Uruz, the rune of strength, connecting the runes that are on the edge. It's there for this specific reason, to strengthen this chain of runes and make it almost unbreakable. You cannot invert Uruz, that makes it invincible when it's the chain holder.
"Jera is about change, a growing and fertile change. It helps the healing rune, Swoilo, get rid of the malady and let its healing energy flow into the target be it a human or a creature - anything with life in it." Botros waited some more before shooting his question.
"Can you think of more runes we could add to this chain to make it even more effective?"
Ian listened as things seemed to happen rapid fire all around him. People were answering questions, Professor Botros was getting kinda teary-eyed about runes and Ian wasn't feeling it. He was not do well today. He didn't know if maybe he ate too much at breakfast or what, but he felt kinda sluggish and a little bit nauseated. He tried his very best to keep up with the writing, but it was a struggle. Ian didn't like how he felt today. He was pleased to see his little buddy Zeke throw out one of the answers.
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This was a class Hady couldn't understand. Runes was difficult! Letting out a slow breath she shifted in her seat a bit and propped her chin in her hand as she listened to the Professor explain what the symbol on the board was. An bracelet that could heal was pretty dang cool but none of this made any sense to her at all.
Chewing on her bottom lip she picked up her quill once more and continued to write down her notes making sure that everything was clear. She knew she'd need all this info again even if she didn't understand any of it.
He did try his best at trying to draw it all so he had something for reference later on. But as the question went up for more runes to add, Benny flipped through his textbook. There had to be something. "Could Algiz be used?" he questioned after raising his hand.
"Algiz, it is the main rune of protection." Botros tapped his wand on his chin pondering this option. "I think it would be really hard to benefit from this rune's energy in the healing terms. It is possible, but you have to be really excellent to wield support and strength from Algiz opposed to protection." Unless he meant it to protect the bracelet from being tampered with... which was a very good idea.
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Gabe flushed a bright red, ducking his face down into his notebook. He still wasn't used to being recognized....for being smart. Sure, he knew more than most others and that was, apparently, useful......but....
He sat quietly for a few moments, willing the heat in his face to subside......before carefully putting his quill back into position. Embarrassed or not, Gabe didn't wànt his notes to suffer. So, the additions began in earnest.....before he'd worked himself into answering again.
His voice was a bit lower, as well.
"Laguz...is water." Water had the ability to heal.....In fact, it was considered sacred in some Ancient cultures because of it.
Blush.
SPOILER!!: Runes notes!
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Rune Meanings Sowilō: It represents the sun, it is an endless source of energy and brilliance: a renewal of hope and
achievement. The sun's rays offer vital healing energy, and the appearance of this rune often indicates a positive resolution to a health issue, or a time of successful recovery.
Uruz: The rune of strength, connecting the runes that are on the edge. It's there for this specific reason, to strengthen this chain of runes and make it almost unbreakable. You cannot invert Uruz, that makes it invincible when it's the chain holder.
Jera: Jera is about change, a growing and fertile change. It helps the healing rune, Swoilo, get rid of the malady and let its healing energy flow into the target be it a human or a creature - anything with life in it.
Additional Runes Berkana: Like the birch tree coming to life from a seed planted in
the earth, Berkana represents a new beginning and is also a powerful birth
rune.
Laguz: Laguz represents the power of water and its easy
flowing nature. We must learn to “go with the flow” when this rune shows
up in a reading so that we can take full advantage of our powers.
Botros simply didn't hear the boy. He smiled at him encouragingly to raise his voice for this old man's ears to hear.
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She was getting all of this, she was totally getting it. Nothing, nothing at all was happening in her head. AJ had her listening ears on, she did. It was just that runes were not her friend, and quite frankly she found them kind of boring.
Sigh.
For good measure AJ took some notes. It was true that all of the information was in her book, but maybe if she condensed the notes it would help her study down the road. Another rune?
More flipping happened. Her fingers scanned the pages until she stopped on one that looked promising. "What about Ansuz? It's supposed to give you blessings, inspirations and stuff like that." It had to make the other runes more powerful when combined. Totes made sense to her.
"Ansuz would be a good combination, yes. It can replace Jera, in my opinion, Ansuz is the father rune of other runes, some might say." He beamed at her.
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Even in his distracted state, Toby didn't missed the 'sup' nod from Grayson, to whom he smiled in return, and then Botros was getting super happy and peppy about his runes, which was totally awesome to see. And still Toby fidgeted with that darn quill of his, and still he tapped his foot.
More runes then? Ummmm... the Hufflepuff thought for a moment, trying NOT to look at his book, because he wanted to try and remember this without any help, as practice for when he sat his OWLs. Eventually, he raised his hand.
"Could argue, for, uhh... Hagalaz," he offered, now tapping the end of his quill on his parchment. "'Cause it can be used for removing unwanted or, like... destructive influences, which is technically what healing is. If it's in the Healing Charm, it could be used to remove the bad stuff so that the healing can happen and the positive can sort of... flourish?" Maybe? Maaaayyybbeeee? "And it can't be inverted either, I think, like Jera and Sowilo. So the Charm would still be all powerful, too."
Aaah, "Great answer, Tobias, absolutely great and merely for the explanation you offered." Botros gave him a light clap of his own. "As for Hagalaz, if you manage to invoke it with that intention clear in your mind, then I'm sure it will serve the purpose you want it to serve." He nodded. Great answer.
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Adi scribbleeeed as Professor Botros spoke. Fascinating stuff this all was. And nothing to do with good harvesting that year or whatever it was that he was thinking with that brain of his. LOL.
He paused from his note making, took a bit of time to think then raised his hand. "Maybe Dagaz, Professor.'' The rune had a correspondence with revelation and hope. Annnnd back to making notes.
"Dagaz helps us get an effective result, yes." He nodded with a smile.
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Angel was a bit confused but she knew something of the Fehu Rune, she raised her hand. "How about the Fehu rune?" Angel wasn't sure if it had been said yet or what the rune was about but she had heard of that rune all the other ones had gone so she thought she'd guess.
"Hmmm. If you could explain more why, dear." He wanted to know the way his students' minds worked.
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Once he found one that could work he raised his hand and offered, "Professor I think Eihwaz could work since it relates to strength and reliability and it is also the driving force to acquire, providing motivation and a sense of purpose." It seemed to fit for him. He only gave one though to let others find one. He found a second one but he figured he would stick to his first answer.
"Yes, great answer! Eihwaz, in the explanation that you provided, would be a great contribution to this healing charm." Kudos to the Hufflepuff!
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Riiiigghhtt... Swoilo, Uruz, Jera... uhuh... Zeke copied that down, and consulted the textbook so that he might be able to offer an idea. ANY idea. Guessing would pay off eventually, no? He scanned the pages for something that mentioned healing or health stuff... and VIOLA!
Zeke's hand shot up into the air, "Teiwaz, Professor?" PLEASE SAY YEESSSS, he very much liked sounding smart.
"Teiwaz's another great answer!" Botros beamed at the boy. "It can strengthen the chain as well, just as Uruz does. Its only weakness if that it can be inverted, and that makes it less stable than Uruz." Which was why the ancient people used Uruz instead of Teiwaz.
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This time, not sparing another moment, the Gryffindor again raised his hand in the air, "Wunjo?" he asked as he started skimming the small explanation. He hadn't even read about the rune yet, but wanted to say it before anyone else so that he wouldn't have to find yet another one! It was a perfect strategy and-- "Actually..... Nevermind," he quickly corrected himself after reading through the rest of the explanation and yeah. Okay. Maybe not Wunjo. Maybe not.
"Wunjo is not a bad option at all." Ab smiled softly. "It can be invoked with the will and intention of giving credibility to the other runes' work. It can guarantee their success, if I daresay. But again, its ability to be inverted makes it unstable and thus could break the chain of runes pretty easily." Still a good answer.
SO. Botros clapped his hands loudly to get the attention of everyone. "Great answers everyone, our ancient people saw it fit to carve this exact chain of runes on the healing bracelet, so we're going to go with that for now." Smiling at them all, even the confused ones. "To make this bracelet work, we need to activate those runes, make them alive and magical so-to-speak. Anyone can tell me how we do that?" Hmm? For the younger students' sake.
Angel listened to the Professor and decided to explain some more, she raised her hand. "Professor the Fehu means wealth and money, which is what everyone needs if they want power." Angel was sure of that, the more money you had the better luck you have.
Angel looked at the Professor again and raised her hand. "Professor, maybe we do some sort of chant?" Angel wasn't sure but she thought that it was so cool if they did.
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Oh so that was meant for healing then?
Well, she could think of a few people that needed it carved into their head. If it never healed them at least it'd get rid of them depending on what you carved with. A win win for her really. Alexa studied the runes while the others gave suggestions as to what they might be able to add to the bracelet to make it more effective but she remained quiet as the others gave their opinions because she was busy going through it all in her head, figuring how they all worked together the way they did to bring healing.
See? Sometimes it wasn't that she spaced out but rather that she was actually considering the topic to be discussed, though it wasn't always easy to tell the difference, like now with her emotionless stare that could pass for one of someone with a blank mind somewhere off in a daydream but NO SIR she was concentrating real good and he should have been proud of her silence.
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The silence was however broken at the Professor's next question. "What Angel said. You just have to chant is all." Unless there was some new super secret method that he'd neglected to share at some point in her earlier life. Looks for you Professor Botros.
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Toby smiled, because Botros had LIKED his answer, and Toby couldn't help but feel more positive upon hearing praise from professors, especially this one. As for the next question, it had already been answered, but the Hufflepuff raised his hand again just to add the other detail.
"The galdrs of the runes, sir." As in, that was what was chanted. If they were doing this, it was great practice; Toby had recently memorised almost all of the galdrs and any practice he good get was golden.
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So, Dagaz could be used. Cool! Adi scribbled down this rune as well as the others that Professor Botros had confirmed. For the next question, he didn't need to ponder too much for an answer.
Hand up, the Hufflepuff responded, "By chanting the galdr of the runes.'' Or definitely some form of a chant if not the galdrs. He was sure of it.
Soph was pleased that Botros was pleased with Toby's reply, too, and then she got excited because she actually KNEW this next answer. Others were quick to give their answers, but the Ravenclaw raised a hand anyway. She would give VALUABLE INPUT, mhm.
"To activate runes, y'gotta chant the galdr, which is a fancy-shmancy sounding word that means spell... or incantation." Which she hadn't KNOWN for awhile and wondered what a galdr was and why it was called that and WHY it was so special... but being told that it was just a cooler word for incantation made the word a lot less intimidating.
So she explained a little. Just so the younger ones KNEW.
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........................ So Ancient Runes was hard.
No. Really. It was.
Grayson stared down at his notebook and then at the textbook in front of him. MAN. Was he just behind or what? It felt like it. Like he wasn't tuned into this lesson and whatnot. It reminded him all too much of things he didn't want to remember back in Beauxbatons, which caused his neutral facial expression to twist itself into a small scowl.
.................... Whatever. Like he could STRUGGLE. Jeez. What was he, SOFT?
ANYWAYS. "The galdr. Yeah. It makes the runes glow and you feel their magical energy." Like they had with the torches back in the previous year. He'd remembered the way they had to keep on chanting the Kenaz rune -- it HAD been Kenaz, hadn't it? -- just to keep the torches lit as they made their way outside in the freakshow that was the weather. See? If Kenaz came up in his OWLs, he was SURE going to be able to show off his smarts.
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Ian listened to the professor speak to the provided answers. He still didn't feel well (perhaps breakfast would have helped). He scribbled furiously as the others spoke and the professor responded. Finally, the professor asked how the runes were activated since they would just use what the ancients had determined. He heard what he believed to be the correct answer and he didn't think it necessary to repeat, so he just scribbled some more as he wrote his notes.
Kace was glad his first answer was right. He smiled and nodded towards the professor. But now onto another question and he was gonna answer but his fellow classmates beat him to it. Why bother repeating what they said. He kept quiet and doodled in his notebook. He wondered what activity they were going to do with learning about all these runes.
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Continuing to write notes, Lux was thrilled when there was finally a question being asked that she knew the answer to. They did this every time a rune was activated, so it was pretty easy. Raising her hand, she said, "you need to chant the galdr."
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She got one, she got one. Granted, she had to look for the answer in her textbook, but it still counted. AJ was still confused, but she was feeling a teensy bit better about it all now. Amazing how hearing you were right could change your entire mood.
Ohhh, AJ knew this one too. She didn't even have to look into the book to figure that out. Chant, chant, chant. You had to chaaaaant. "Professor, you can't just chant, you have to REALLY mean it. You need to focus AND believe." That was important.
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Caleb still didn't really get the appeal of Runes, but he'd been thinking more about being an Auror lately - since he'd had the dream since he could like, walk and stuff. Maybe runes would actually be helpful in that profession. SO he was trying to focus a bit more on that class, just for future reference. He'd rather be safe than sorry!
He raised his hand to answer the professor's question. "You chant, but you also have to focus. If you're just saying WORDS it doesn't really do much. You have to really have the intent behind it," he explained. Sort of like an unforgivable curse, right?
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Botros simply didn't hear the boy. He smiled at him encouragingly to raise his voice for this old man's ears to hear.
. . . . .
SO. Botros clapped his hands loudly to get the attention of everyone. "Great answers everyone, our ancient people saw it fit to carve this exact chain of runes on the healing bracelet, so we're going to go with that for now." Smiling at them all, even the confused ones. "To make this bracelet work, we need to activate those runes, make them alive and magical so-to-speak. Anyone can tell me how we do that?" Hmm? For the younger students' sake.
Gabriel hadn't considered the professor's old age or poor hearing; flushing brightly as he repeated his answer louder.........also accompanied by a milder version of his stutter. "I said Laguz, s-sir..." Throat clearing. "...It means water....and water is, um, considered sacred...in a few....Ancient cultures." Guh....for healing reasons. Like with the Macrobians, Ponce de León, and the Fountain of Youth.
They believed their regular bathing in the Fountain's waters kept them looking young and caused them to live longer...which seemed stupid to Gabe. Living longer than was normal meant outliving people you knew...and that in turn, meant having to get comfortable with a completely different set of individuals. It caused him anxiety just to consider it......UNLESS you chose to live as a recluse...which didn't really work out in the long run because Gabe had been trying to do this since he'd turned eleven and someone seemed to always be there to bother him. ALWAYS.
Large family problems; there was nothing he disliked more.....sans girls.
When the next question came up, he chose to remain silent...opting to update his notes instead.
SPOILER!!: Runes notes!
Gabriel P. Banner
Ravenclaw Fifth Year
March 5th, 2085
Ancient Runes classroom
Rune Meanings Sowilō: It represents the sun, it is an endless source of energy and brilliance: a renewal of hope and
achievement. The sun's rays offer vital healing energy, and the appearance of this rune often indicates a positive resolution to a health issue, or a time of successful recovery.
Uruz: The rune of strength, connecting the runes that are on the edge. It's there for this specific reason, to strengthen this chain of runes and make it almost unbreakable. You cannot invert Uruz, that makes it invincible when it's the chain holder.
Jera: Jera is about change, a growing and fertile change. It helps the healing rune, Swoilo, get rid of the malady and let its healing energy flow into the target be it a human or a creature - anything with life in it.
Additional Runes Berkana: Like the birch tree coming to life from a seed planted in
the earth, Berkana represents a new beginning and is also a powerful birth
rune.
Laguz: Laguz represents the power of water and its easy
flowing nature. We must learn to “go with the flow” when this rune shows
up in a reading so that we can take full advantage of our powers.
Bringing Runes to Life Galdr: an Old Norse word for spell or incantation.
The galdr chant for each rune is different.
Actually....scratch that. He wasn't going to get over his anxiety that way...and he really wanted to get over it. The anxiety, he meant.
"There are...different......uh, galdr chants for each rune..........to go with their, um, answers." HAND GESTURE TO THOSE WHO ANSWERED.
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OH OH OH!!!!!! He'd guessed right!!!! SUCCESS!.. as for all the clarifying stuff the Professor added to his answer, well, he had no idea what it all meant, he just grinned and nodded along. He'd pick it up eventually.
All the talk of making the Runes and the magic come to life and stuff though, now that was interesting. How it was done, he didn't have a clue... best to sit and listen and get GIVEN the answer this time. He only made guesses when the odds were in his favour. At this stage, anything he might come up with would have a 98% chance of making him sound stupid. Not good odds at all.
So Professor Botros, what be the answer? Hmmmmm? This little Gryffindor is all ears.
Ancient Runes Lesson II: Healing Charm 
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