I'm definitely not trying fire by myself, I already got in trouble for melting experiments on the library desks.
*He remembers his wand and retrieves it from under a scroll which he also glances across, and then pauses and reads a bit properly.*
This says the school in Africa mostly teaches wandless magic. How come there's only one school in Africa? That's, like, sixty countries and twelve million square miles.
Systemic oppression. Europe's been gutting Africa for resources for like, hundreds and hundreds of years. Probably also just regular racism, like, they do other stuff that isn't a huge boarding school so it doesn't get recognized as "schooling", you know? Because white people expect Africans to be uneducated.
Let me add a p.s. with my love and stuff. Oooh, also I got stickers. They're kinda meant to be for my notes but I keep putting them on letters because they're so cute.
How are you and Grampa Henry? I hope you both are well. I think about you guys all the time. Auggie and I are good. We managed to get the note sending spell to cover the whole castle and the grounds, but it's still not big enough to go all the way to you, so I will send this by owl.
Lottie and I have a question about wandless magic and I remembered that you can start fires without your wand, because you do it in your workshop and in the kitchen all the time, and it works even in our kitchen so the spell is you and not the fireplaces, I think. Is it? I hope so! Because we want to know how you do it! I tried it while holding my wand in the wrong hand and also with my wand hidden and also by trying to be a metamorphagus because that doesn't need wands at all so I thought it would trick my brain into skipping the wand part of the magic, but my hair isn't green at all. I might charm it anyway. I bet I would look really cool with green hair.
Are there specific instructions? Please draw diagrams if so! Lottie
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Just also wanted to send love and say thank you for helping, since I figure you'll definitely know something and get back to us. Definitely sneak into the castle if you can, I did it with Fluff but I think that only worked because she looks like a student. I think if you borrowed one of Uncle Henry's coats with the elbow patches you would definitely look like a professor so try that.
Love,
Lottie
*Which she proceeds to decorate with a sheet of stickers of hearts and exclamation marks and little rabbit faces making expressions that she's placed between them so Bolly can use them too.*
For sure. What do you think, kissy face? I'm saving the rainbow hearts for my next letter home, ma'll be all about them. There should be a spell for reusing stickers.
I know one, kind of. *Bolly draws his wand again, and touches it to the sticker sheet.* Geminio! *A second copy pops into existence.* Duplication Charm. I don't know how long they last, but it's months at least.
You can do magic without a wand?!
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I'm definitely not trying fire by myself, I already got in trouble for melting experiments on the library desks.
*He remembers his wand and retrieves it from under a scroll which he also glances across, and then pauses and reads a bit properly.*
This says the school in Africa mostly teaches wandless magic. How come there's only one school in Africa? That's, like, sixty countries and twelve million square miles.
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That's dumb.
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*Bolly doesn't know what to say so instead,*Language, *slips out, exactly the way his mum says it when he accidentally swears where she can hear.*
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*She snorts, and then starts laughing* Sorry.
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's okay. Here, I'll write to Grampa Fred.
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Let me add a p.s. with my love and stuff. Oooh, also I got stickers. They're kinda meant to be for my notes but I keep putting them on letters because they're so cute.
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*Bolly writes:*
Dear Grampa Fred,
How are you and Grampa Henry? I hope you both are well. I think about you guys all the time. Auggie and I are good. We managed to get the note sending spell to cover the whole castle and the grounds, but it's still not big enough to go all the way to you, so I will send this by owl.
Lottie and I have a question about wandless magic and I remembered that you can start fires without your wand, because you do it in your workshop and in the kitchen all the time, and it works even in our kitchen so the spell is you and not the fireplaces, I think. Is it? I hope so! Because we want to know how you do it! I tried it while holding my wand in the wrong hand and also with my wand hidden and also by trying to be a metamorphagus because that doesn't need wands at all so I thought it would trick my brain into skipping the wand part of the magic, but my hair isn't green at all. I might charm it anyway. I bet I would look really cool with green hair.
Are there specific instructions? Please draw diagrams if so! Lottie ( ... )
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P.S. (From Lottie)
Just also wanted to send love and say thank you for helping, since I figure you'll definitely know something and get back to us. Definitely sneak into the castle if you can, I did it with Fluff but I think that only worked because she looks like a student. I think if you borrowed one of Uncle Henry's coats with the elbow patches you would definitely look like a professor so try that.
Love,
Lottie
*Which she proceeds to decorate with a sheet of stickers of hearts and exclamation marks and little rabbit faces making expressions that she's placed between them so Bolly can use them too.*
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Oh, no, sad rabbit face, *Bolly giggles, looking the stickers over.* Ooh, this one looks like it's meditating, that definitely needs to go on there.
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I know one, kind of. *Bolly draws his wand again, and touches it to the sticker sheet.* Geminio! *A second copy pops into existence.* Duplication Charm. I don't know how long they last, but it's months at least.
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You also have to be careful of the general counter spell, because sometimes you can be trying to undo one tiny thing and, pop! No more copy at all!
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