[ She stares, wide-eyed, as he speaks. It's one thing for someone to make a silent (well, non-verbal, anyway) point to bullies, it's another for probably the best first year transfiguration student to be giving her advice.
Specifically advice that has nothing to do with "maybe if you just spoke", that's the advice she always gets.
She meets his eyes over her wand for a long moment, then looks back to the teacup. She's asking too nicely? Well. She takes a moment, thinks of the sniggering Ravenclaws, how much she wants to tell them to shut up, and tries to channel that force and demandingness into the teacup.
It turns into a bronze inkwell. It still has a noticeable china pattern on it, but it's a bronze inkwell. A slow grin spreads across her face.
She pockets her wand and grabs a scrap of parchment, and her self-inking quill, and scribbles for a moment before pushing the scrap across the table to her tablemate. ]
Thank you! No one ever put it that way before.
What are you having trouble finding? I'm not bad at CoMC, maybe I can help.
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Specifically advice that has nothing to do with "maybe if you just spoke", that's the advice she always gets.
She meets his eyes over her wand for a long moment, then looks back to the teacup. She's asking too nicely? Well. She takes a moment, thinks of the sniggering Ravenclaws, how much she wants to tell them to shut up, and tries to channel that force and demandingness into the teacup.
It turns into a bronze inkwell. It still has a noticeable china pattern on it, but it's a bronze inkwell. A slow grin spreads across her face.
She pockets her wand and grabs a scrap of parchment, and her self-inking quill, and scribbles for a moment before pushing the scrap across the table to her tablemate. ]
Thank you! No one ever put it that way before.
What are you having trouble finding? I'm not bad at CoMC, maybe I can help.