"I am," he insisted, letting out a little huff of air. He was looking at it from the bigger picture, and he was sure of it. He had the whole chart right here, and he'd looked at it from every way he could—as one big picture, as four smaller quadrants, to individual planets. In some way the way the planets moved seemed like quidditch formations, and from there if felt like he was one realization away from it clicking, but every time he felt like he'd nearly grasped the concept it fell through his fingertips.
"Is there any way to—I don't know—get rid of all the little details?" he asked annoyedly, his tone less directed at her but with the numerous labels all over the page. Star charts had layers, and he knew that they were required to put all of those layers together in NEWT-level Astronomy, but it made so much more sense when looking at them as individual layers.
But of course they couldn't get rid of the details. That was the whole point, wasn't it? What would be the point in setting aside an hour of the day for them to review the things he already knew, already understood? He let out another noise, something between a frustrated grunt and a whine, and he reached out to circle his thumb and pointer finger around her wrist as she traced the chart. With his other hand he traced the pattern of one of the planet's rotations while he used her hand to continue along the path she'd been tracing. When they met in the middle, he demonstrated how his planet's path seemed to waver.
"This is what I mean," he said, releasing her hand wrist and using his now-free hand motion to the two planets closest. "Is it the sun that makes it shift, or is it one of those?" he asked, pointing to the nearest planet and the nearby asteroid belt. His brow creased and, before she could even answer, he pulled his hands away and leaned back in his seat. "See? It doesn't make a lick of sense."
"Is there any way to—I don't know—get rid of all the little details?" he asked annoyedly, his tone less directed at her but with the numerous labels all over the page. Star charts had layers, and he knew that they were required to put all of those layers together in NEWT-level Astronomy, but it made so much more sense when looking at them as individual layers.
But of course they couldn't get rid of the details. That was the whole point, wasn't it? What would be the point in setting aside an hour of the day for them to review the things he already knew, already understood? He let out another noise, something between a frustrated grunt and a whine, and he reached out to circle his thumb and pointer finger around her wrist as she traced the chart. With his other hand he traced the pattern of one of the planet's rotations while he used her hand to continue along the path she'd been tracing. When they met in the middle, he demonstrated how his planet's path seemed to waver.
"This is what I mean," he said, releasing her hand wrist and using his now-free hand motion to the two planets closest. "Is it the sun that makes it shift, or is it one of those?" he asked, pointing to the nearest planet and the nearby asteroid belt. His brow creased and, before she could even answer, he pulled his hands away and leaned back in his seat. "See? It doesn't make a lick of sense."
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