Aside from a few very eager hands, the group mostly didn't react. Ben nodded and then began separating out the group, gesturing each student to a broomstick along the line. He spread out the eager hands — best not to let the more experienced fliers clump up at the end, he decided, lest they decide of their own volition to get a little overambitious. There would be plenty of time to show off later in the session; he didn't need any of them jolting fifty feet up in the air, competing with each other to see who could go higher, when the exercise was just to hover.
"Flying is a give and take," he told the students. "You don't command your broom, you work with your broom. When you're up in the air, it'll talk to you, and if you don't listen you'll end up in the hospital wing. The first exercise is harder than it sounds. Put your hand out over your broom, about as high as your waist, and say up. When you've got it up, climb onto it and hover there. Try not to fall over."
"Flying is a give and take," he told the students. "You don't command your broom, you work with your broom. When you're up in the air, it'll talk to you, and if you don't listen you'll end up in the hospital wing. The first exercise is harder than it sounds. Put your hand out over your broom, about as high as your waist, and say up. When you've got it up, climb onto it and hover there. Try not to fall over."
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