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[New writing all over the journal, kind of large and...enthusiastic is a good word. Also, doodled (and fairly well, at that) around the words are sketches of fairy wings. Yeah.]

{>Haha! I guess requesting two classes was a little much.<}
{>They didn't need more Care of Magical Creatures professors but a spot was open for flying.<}
{>So come Monday I expect you all to be there with your brooms and smiling faces! I'm even giving you time to pick them up at home over break!<}
{>No excuses. Flying might not be mandatory for upper years but it's the fun you all need to keep going with your studies!<}
{>You know what they say about all work and no play.<}
{>Autographs to everyone who does well first day.<}
{>Oh. Right. I should introduce myself.<}
{>Peter Banks at your service!<}
{>Yes. The quidditch player and yeah I'm taking a break from that to teach the next generation of fine flyers.<}
{>I know you won't disappoint.<}

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{>Rubbish.<}
{>Everyone has all the strength they need if they can only find and call on it.<}

But that's the thing. Most people won't find that strength, either because they don't want to or never have a reason to.

{>Failing to call on their inner strength is different from not having it.<}
{>The point is that it's there.<}

[There's a long pause between this comment and her last, and quite a few words get scribbled out. She's not used to not having a snappy comeback.]

You're good at debates. Do you come from politicians?

{>Haha! Not that I know of!<}
{>My father was a naturalist. He studied all kinds of animals and habitats.<}
{>It still took him eleven years to believe me about fairies being real though.<}

Of course fairies are real. Who doesn't know that?

Wait.

Are you a muggleborn??

{>They were both pretty surprised when I got my letter!<}
{>Then we had to go all the way to London to get my things.<}
{>That was quite the trip!<}

I could imagine. I imagine the reaction of wizard parents who give birth to squibs is somewhat similar.

Or maybe it's not.

I wouldn't know.

{>Things were a little tense for about a month or so.<}
{>They didn't know what to do with me.<}
{>I didn't know what to do with them.<}
{>But it was all sorted in the end!<}

Are they pleased you're so deeply into the wizarding world? After all, it's what you were born for.

{>I'm pretty sure my father is still convinced I was born for the forest but he's fascinated by magical creatures so he lives vicariously through me.<}
{>I only live a short flight from them on the off-season anyway.<}
{>Well summer holiday now!<}

For the forest? What does your family do??

It must be nice to be close to your family.

{>My father studies wild animals of all kinds and their habitats.<}
{>I was all over the world before I came to school.<}
{>Not every trip because some weren't able to be arranged for me and Mum to come along but as many as he could.<}
{>My mother is an accountant. Not very exciting but she likes what she does.<}
{>And it is. I make sure to visit often.<}
{>I've invited them to quidditch before but I think it confuses them too much.<}
{>That or they think I'll fall and break my neck. Haha!<}

Most muggles don't seem to understand Quidditch. I was raised around it, but I fail to see why everyone loves it so much.

It's just a bunch of guys on brooms, showing off because they think it'll get them a girl. Booooring.

{>If they're showing off for girls they're flying wrong!<}
{>Flying is an art.<}
{>It's all about you and the wind and pushing everything to the limit.<}
{>The balls and points are really only an afterthought.<}

Flying is a convenient way to get from place to place.

I've never had a good feeling for it.

{>No such thing!<}
{>You just didn't have a good teacher.<}
{>That can be corrected you know.<}

I don't see how your teaching methods could be so different.

But maybe I'll take you up on the offer.

{>Maybe they are. Maybe they aren't!<}
{>But I've never failed to help someone improve their flying before.<}

Maybe you just smiled them into submission and acceptance.

{>I do have a dashing smile!<}
{>But I like to think there was some skill involved!<}

You'll have to prove your skill, then.

When should I arrange for a lesson?

{>I'm free anytime until term!<}
{>And after I don't think I've sorted my schedule yet!<}
{>I have to talk with the other professor first.<}

Then will tomorrow at sunrise be alright?

{>A sunrise flying lesson sounds like the best thing!<}
{>I'll be there!<}

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