The Art of Conversation, 3rd period

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon looked at his (thankfully small) class and sighed. "Hello. I...well, I've given up on asking the moose for specific courses at this point. So. I'm Jonathan Sims, and welcome to The Art of Conversation, apparently. The first week of classes is traditionally for introductions, which seems like as good a start of conversation as any. If you're going to talk with someone, you should know who they are and vice versa."

He took a deep breath and stood a little straighter. "As I said, I'm Jonathan Sims. I come from England - Bournemouth originally and London more recently - and roughly this year. And I am here because I'm meant to be instructing you. Now you." He nodded to them.

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Re: Class activity

[even_bigger_teeth]

"Oh." Luma's brow furrowed for a moment in confusion. "We don't have familiars, in my family."

Granted, half the family was wolves half the time and Persephone's magic rarely was actual magic. And one could argue Arthur was a familiar of sorts, but Luma hadn't known enough about him to realize that.

"I guess we just don't need the assistance."

It was, genuinely, not said to be insulting or disparaging, though it did likely come off that way. It just seemed like as good an explanation as anything.

Re: Class activity

[witchoftheflesh]

Adrian just smiled. He was too easygoing to get riled up, though Boston's tail puffed a bit. "Perhaps not," he said. "If there's one thing I've noticed, it's that different people have different magical disciplines. Our familiars serve multiple important functions - but they're functions your family may never have dealt with."

Re: Class activity

[even_bigger_teeth]

"Like what?" Luma asked, chin lifting, not realizing just how much her curiosity just sounded like challenging.

There was a reason she was in this class specifically, after all.

Re: Class activity

[witchoftheflesh]

"Well, I have yet to run into anyone else on the island who planted their heart in the ground," Adrian said, his eyebrow arching just slightly.