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Anathema too!

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Fay smiles.

They should try one at a time, at first. The safest beginner's method is to stand where they want to Apparate toward, back up a good bit - keeping their target in their line of sight - and then just Apparate forward to where they started.

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Destination, determination... deliberation!

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She succeeds with a loud crack, appearing (a bit dizzyingly so) precisely at her target. 

Fay laughs, clapping. "Well done!"

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She catches her balance, turns and grins back at Fay and Anathema.

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Anathema laughs. "Me next!"

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"Alright."

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Anathema's just as successful as Ellie, and she even resists bouncing until after she's Apparated for the first time.

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Applause!

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Delighted bouncy hug. 

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"We did it!"

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"We did!!!"

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Fay grins at them. "Notably well and quickly, too."

"Now it's mostly a matter of practicing and stretching yourself - you'll want the basics to become second nature before you use this in any stressful situation, so you're less likely to splinch yourself. Occlumantic exercises help there as well, of course."

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"Seems like they help with just about everything."

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"They do. It's a pity we don't teach Occlumency as its own class, honestly - at least in first year."

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"I think the average first year would struggle with it a little more than we did."

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Considering nod. "Most eleven year olds - and even small children - can learn meditation and visualization, though, which is the most important part of it for daily use."

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"Could swap it in for Orientation in the second half of first year."

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"Or take up the empty slot from Flying being only one semester."

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"Think the people who'd have the most trouble with it would also complain the most if it replaced Flying."

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She laughs. "Technically it'd be replacing a free block... But I suspect students would complain about that, too."

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"Of course they would. Not everyone has our boundless thirst for knowledge."

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"A great pity for the scientific community."

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"I think we make up for it in quality, though."

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"Very much so."

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