When her students came in today, Abigail Irene was quite pleased to have nothing to hand them.

"Yesterday, I'm assuming that many of you faced the creatures that were harrowing just about, well, everyone who dared step out of doors. Considering the nature of the creatures, half-woman and half-bird, magical, of course, I'd like to take the class to discuss the various methods those in this class might have used to deal with them.

"After all, one of the most important lessons one can learn in the realm of Thaumaturgy is how to deal with the unexpected results."

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