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How Not to Kill Yourself with Incantations | Friday, Period 1
Class met in the Danger Shop today, but when the students arrived, they would find it looking more or less like a classroom anyway. Well, all right, a very classy and old-fashioned classroom, but still.
"We're here today," Bob told them, "purely because of this room's safety mechanisms. Because that's what we're going to discuss today - safety." He fixed them all with a serious gaze. "Before anybody starts reading anything, we're going to cover several ground rules. Not only for this class, but for any time you're dealing with inscriptions and incantations."
He wrote in the air: 1.
"Number one. Do not read anything, ever until you know what it is and what it does." He rolled his eyes. "And no, this does not mean you don't have to read your textbooks." Harry. "What it does mean is that you don't go around randomly reading things that are likely to do magic unless you've a very good idea of both the cost and the consequences. This includes," and they got a very stern look at this, "mumbling as you work out the words, reading words aloud to a friend to ask a question, or making a recording of what you think it might say for posterity!"
It was possible Bob felt rather strongly about this.
"Whether you're right or you're wrong, the possibilities can be horrific. So. What we are going to do today is practice - I've got a text here." He called them up with the programming. "Pick a section. Copy it down in your own handwriting, and translate it. There are dictionaries. You may work together - in fact, I encourage it. You may talk amongst yourselves. You may ask me for help. But I do not want to hear a single word of what's on those papers spoken aloud."
With one last glare, he left them to it.
"We're here today," Bob told them, "purely because of this room's safety mechanisms. Because that's what we're going to discuss today - safety." He fixed them all with a serious gaze. "Before anybody starts reading anything, we're going to cover several ground rules. Not only for this class, but for any time you're dealing with inscriptions and incantations."
He wrote in the air: 1.
"Number one. Do not read anything, ever until you know what it is and what it does." He rolled his eyes. "And no, this does not mean you don't have to read your textbooks." Harry. "What it does mean is that you don't go around randomly reading things that are likely to do magic unless you've a very good idea of both the cost and the consequences. This includes," and they got a very stern look at this, "mumbling as you work out the words, reading words aloud to a friend to ask a question, or making a recording of what you think it might say for posterity!"
It was possible Bob felt rather strongly about this.
"Whether you're right or you're wrong, the possibilities can be horrific. So. What we are going to do today is practice - I've got a text here." He called them up with the programming. "Pick a section. Copy it down in your own handwriting, and translate it. There are dictionaries. You may work together - in fact, I encourage it. You may talk amongst yourselves. You may ask me for help. But I do not want to hear a single word of what's on those papers spoken aloud."
With one last glare, he left them to it.
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