Ninety-Fourth Case.

[crane_not_crow]

Good news. Miss Sweet has returned. She made her way into my office this morning, seemingly unharmed. So, in celebration, my dear students will be receiving a homework assignment.

First Years: Magical Draughts and Potions - Chapters 1 & 2

Second Years: One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi - Chapter 2

Third Years: Magical Draughts and Potions

Comments

[caninepranker]

You're celebrating a happy occurrence... with homework? {{not impressed. not at all.}}

[crane_not_crow]

Is there a problem?

[caninepranker]

... It isn't very... celebratory. Like.

[crane_not_crow]

People celebrate in their own way.

[caninepranker]

But perhaps other people would be more sympathetic to you if you... chose a more popular way to celebrate?

[crane_not_crow]

I'm not expecting sympathy nor do I want it. Considering it was a student who caused all this trouble in the first place, I have no reason to offer a celebration that would benefit them in the slightest.

[caninepranker]

Ah, now I see.

-- How do you know that?

[crane_not_crow]

It's physically impossible for Miss Sweet to let herself out of her terrarium.

[caninepranker]

It could've been another teacher. Or maybe you just didn't lock it correctly.

[crane_not_crow]

I am never so careless, and other professors know better than to touch each other's property.

[caninepranker]

You trust the teachers more than the students?

[crane_not_crow]

Honestly, yes.

[caninepranker]

Why is that? Just because they're older doesn't mean that they won't be careless, or that they'll know their boundaries.

[crane_not_crow]

Are you honestly arguing with me over my level of trust between my colleagues and my students?

[caninepranker]

That's what it seems to be.

[crane_not_crow]

Let me give you a little insight. I don't completely trust anyone. I don't care what kind of person they are or the company they keep. Unless they astound me, I will not even offer a second glance. This can be subject to change depending on how long I've known a particular person. And you're telling me to put my trust in inexperienced students whom I may have known merely a couple years?