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Once again, Fraser was at the front of the classroom. His arms were crossed and he looked thoughtful as the students filed in.

"Welcome back. I hope you all had a productive weekend even if I feel it was probably slightly stressful," he said, nodding. "We've all made it through though so we can continue on with our lessons."

With that said, Fraser launched into the discussion. "Today, we're going to be talking about monsters under the bed. Or, more specifically, urban legends. If you don't know, an urban legend is a story of obscure origin with little or no supporting evidence. It's typically spread by word of mouth and a lot of the most famous urban legends contain elements of horror. For example, the Bunny Man bridge involves stories about a man dressed in a bunny suit who attacks people with an axe. Now, it seems far fetched but words have power and if someone told you this story and spoke it seriously, you might think twice."

Fraser shuddered to think of that urban legend being true. It was really creepy. "With urban legends, words have extreme power. Most often, urban legends are told from friend to friend, making them more personal. As the story is told, it evolves from person to person, often growing in terror and scope as it does. Why do you think most of the famous urban legends depict terror and horror? Is it because this is more interesting than an urban legend about something peaceful? Are words more powerful when there's fright involved? And how are these stories so believable when there's no evidence? Is it the personal factor? If my wife told me about one of the stories, I would be more inclined to believe her than if someone at the local grocery store told me. Let's discuss."

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Hinata was... not certain what to make of the fact that... her sister had gone to see Professor Fraser and that meant she was just going to... sit.

And quietly wonder about that.

There was actually a special name for those sorts of stories? Sara had not realised that; that was . . . more than interesting.

For the rest of the lecture, her face took on a slightly distant, thoughtful look; she felt she could definitely speak from experience in more than one case, if she was right about some of the stories she had in mind.

Rilla smiled softly, thinking of the tale of her mother and Aunt Diana making up a ghost story that frightened them so badly they even now had problems walking through the Haunted Wood alone.

The idea of the story might have made Ariel's eyes go a little wider, but, really, she had to admit, it sounded like the exact sort of thing she'd hear about back home and immediately swim off, with Flouder trailing and complaining by her, to investigate and debunk. There was almost always something hidden in those stories, and she loved to explore them.

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