Mason was not one of the professors who could instill fear into any of his students (except that group that had put the mandrake in Gus' office) and so when students started acting some kind of nervous around him, he never knew quite what to do. Besides Gus, he was probably one of the more affable professors, so when students got flustered with him, he felt awkward.

"Not a problem, Miss Potts, I know everyone is busy with the end of the term approaching next month." He had a ton of grading to do himself and he needed to start getting their final exams for the term set up. It was a never ending cycle really and truthfully he was never actually caught up on grading. Ever.

Refocusing on the student before him, Mason pass her what he hoped was a reassuring smile. "I'm sure you can handle it. Do you have your notes, or would you like me to demonstrate?" Generally Mason preferred the students try for themselves without him giving too many pointers, it was a good way to learn, especially with things like this where the kids really needed to get the feel of some of the actions of taking apart the fruits. He'd always been the kind of student who needed to learn by doing, and each of them was different, but so far he'd had pretty good luck with these sorts of lessons.