In the Great Hall, Kale's gotten the tables moved out of the way and mats put down on the floor. With a few absent flicks of his wand he repositions a few of them to his liking. The last thing he needs is for someone to hurt themselves. To one side Trever is sitting, holding Veena. He's here to help. You can't have a good duel with only one person
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Nevertheless, she's still the child of Dinah Drake, who was breathing dueling techniques from the day she could hold a toy wand, and of all the clubs she dropped, even Quidditch, this is the one she misses the most.
"Just dropped in to see if you needed any help?"
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"What be dragin' this duck in?" Kale asks, with a smile and exaggerating his accent.
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Wild horses couldn't keep her away, really.
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He gestures over to Trever to come join him. Veena gets upset at her lap getting up and moving so she stalks off into a corner.
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Seeing her just standing there, he gestures at her. "Come up here."
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"Yes sir."
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Kale waits patiently for her to come up and then says, "Do you mind being the example?"
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This means learning to duel cause that's what Gryffindor's do right? And so she came to at least see what she can manage though she'll watch for a bit first.
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"For you newcomers, the first thing we're gonna be working on is the classic, and probably most important spell in dueling and in fighting in general. This is the Expelliarmus charm. With this, correctly applied, you can disarm your opponent," he says, "And if your opponent doesn't have his wand, he can't fight you."
He then turns to Trever who now holds his own wand up. "If you get really good at it, you can do this."
Perhaps they've done it a bit too often at each other because the brothers both cry "Expelliarmus!" at the same time. Their wands flick from their grasp and land in the other's hand.
Trever gives a bow at this.
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Kale then adds. "And wands rather like their owners in most cases. It's usually hard to use another person's wand. They say the wand chooses its owner for a reason. That being said, in a real fight, you can lose the allegiance of your wand."
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