"Merciful Louis, what happened?"
When Tina arrived at Hogwarts in the flying car, Flitwick's clouds blocked her view of what was happening on the Quidditch Pitch.
Now that she was leaving, she wanted to take one last look, only to find that the maze had been badly damaged. After all, two Blast-Ended Skrewts had rampaged through it.
"How did it compare to Credence?" Pomona remarked casually.
But Tina turned to look at Pomona, her expression somewhat unfriendly, then brushed past her without a word.
"I came to fulfill my promise, but the children seem to want rest more," Flitwick said. "How about another day?"
Pomona said nothing.
Spells like Expelliarmus worked on humans but not magical creatures. The interns' performance against the Blast-Ended Skrewts made that clear.
In North American Indigenous mythology, the coexistence of all things rested upon a complex balance. Humans differed greatly from other animals in their physical abilities and certain other qualities, but they possessed reason that other animals lacked. This allowed humanity to rationally recognize the importance of balance and thus bear the responsibility of maintaining it.
Humans could also draw upon nature's resources, like the sacred elk and the hunter. So long as all things could return to their original state after being used in moderation by humans, nature would remain full of life. But if people destroyed the balance through greed and selfishness, expanding beyond measure, the entire order would collapse.
Nature had neither the laws nor the enforcers of human society, only its capacity to endure. When it could endure no longer, humanity had to pay the price for the imbalance it had caused and strive to restore or rebuild that balance.
Magic outbursts were common among young wizards whose emotions ran high. They could still lose control of their magic, affecting