Idunn needed no further encouragement and reached almost hungrily for one of the tools. She had not thought Professor Cramming to be particularly hands-on in the field—in fact, she had long suspected most of her professors to be boring has-beens. Perhaps it was time to reevaluate?

"Is that why you have us creating our own runes," the Ravenclaw asked, "to give us that hands on experience? My sister took the course and she said that it was all translation and theory, though that was some time ago." Aegir was positively ancient, having left Hogwarts before Idunn's third birthday.