Yaxley had been mostly patient with him since their sessions began, but at her sudden slip in expression he wasn't sure whether to try a witty retort or to withdraw back further into his corner. He knew he wasn't great at Astronomy, but he was paying her so there wasn't any reason she should be so rude. He was still bristling when he looked down at his star chart, trying to conjure up a mental image of the planets revolving around each other, but his mind wasn't built for such animations; he could focus on a single planet and what it would look like on its path, but the moment he tried to imagine two separate revolutions at the same time the planets ceased their movements in his head.
"Well I'm glad you have it all figured out," he said bitterly, shaking his head as if he was trying to get rid of all his wrong ideas about the lesson. (Could he use obliviate just to get rid of everything he thought he knew about one lesson, or did it not work that way?)
He tried not to sigh in relief when she pushed the textbook in front of him, because its explanation was bound to be less condescending than she was. (Hint: it wasn't.) The first line said something among the lines of "building upon the last lesson..." and at that point he blanked out, because he at that moment he realized the last lesson hadn't made much sense either and now he was trying to build upon a foundation that didn't exist.
"But why do they work together?" he asked. It was another stupid question, but she seemed to have answers to all of them despite her snippy tone. "Is it the sun or just some - magical force?" He couldn't look her in the eye when he asked it; she probably thought he was stupid.
"Well I'm glad you have it all figured out," he said bitterly, shaking his head as if he was trying to get rid of all his wrong ideas about the lesson. (Could he use obliviate just to get rid of everything he thought he knew about one lesson, or did it not work that way?)
He tried not to sigh in relief when she pushed the textbook in front of him, because its explanation was bound to be less condescending than she was. (Hint: it wasn't.) The first line said something among the lines of "building upon the last lesson..." and at that point he blanked out, because he at that moment he realized the last lesson hadn't made much sense either and now he was trying to build upon a foundation that didn't exist.
"But why do they work together?" he asked. It was another stupid question, but she seemed to have answers to all of them despite her snippy tone. "Is it the sun or just some - magical force?" He couldn't look her in the eye when he asked it; she probably thought he was stupid.
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