[clementine quiets as katerina speaks, and it's clear she is listening with rapt attention to every single word. it makes sense to her in a way little else has when it comes to transfiguration. clementine understands survival. she understands defense. she knows sometimes the best defense is a good offense. sometimes a person has to fight with whatever they have and any tools they can come up with. she never thought to apply other types of magics in that same way as a means to survive and to defend herself and to keep herself safe.
before she ever had magic, she had to learn how to do that.]
That's a good idea. Okay, I'll try to look at it like that instead. I never thought about how alike they can be before. [And she's kind of sad Katerina is a 7th year, which means she doesn't get to learn this stuff from her beyond this year.] You're really smart. You know how to defend yourself and to keep yourself safe.
[it's clear by the way clementine speaks that this is a very, very important skill to her if not the most important.
it's the reason she's in slytherin at all. she's not much for ambition but there's nothing she values more than being clever and resourceful, knowing how to survive no matter what.]
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before she ever had magic, she had to learn how to do that.]
That's a good idea. Okay, I'll try to look at it like that instead. I never thought about how alike they can be before. [And she's kind of sad Katerina is a 7th year, which means she doesn't get to learn this stuff from her beyond this year.] You're really smart. You know how to defend yourself and to keep yourself safe.
[it's clear by the way clementine speaks that this is a very, very important skill to her if not the most important.
it's the reason she's in slytherin at all. she's not much for ambition but there's nothing she values more than being clever and resourceful, knowing how to survive no matter what.]