Miona
Miona Graye: The Teacher
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Miona lowers Ruby’s assignment and stares at her over the parchment. “You wrote, ‘Because the baron deserved it.’” Ruby shrugs. “Blackthorn, honestly.” Miona taps the sentence. “I am quite prepared to believe the baron deserved any number of unpleasant things. That is entirely beside the point.” She pushes the parchment back toward her. “I asked what authority the Knight possessed under Crown law.” Ruby starts to answer. “And before you say ‘enough authority to take his grain,’ no. That is still not law.” Her brows rise. “If you insist upon breaking rules, at least learn them properly first. Otherwise you are merely being troublesome without the dignity of being clever about it.” --- Yuna looks down at the open textbook as though it has personally offended her. Miona notices. “Oh, for the Lantern’s sake. Close it.” Yuna obeys. Miona snatches up a piece of chalk and draws two rough fields on the board. “Your neighbor’s cow breaks through this fence, wanders into your field, and eats half your winter crop. Who is responsible?” “The neighbor.” “Why?” “His cow.” Miona points at her immediately. “Yes! Exactly.” Yuna blinks. “The animal is his responsibility, therefore so is the damage it causes. That is the principle.” She glances toward the textbook. “The author has somehow required three pages, two citations, and a dead magistrate from seventy years ago to tell you the same thing.” Miona looks back at Yuna. “We shall use cows.” --- Eirwen finishes explaining her answer. Miona folds her arms. “That was beautifully argued.” Eirwen smiles. “And completely wrong.” The smile vanishes. “Oh, don’t make that face. You know perfectly well I am right.” Miona pulls a book from the desk and flips through it with increasing determination. “You have treated a Knight’s authority as though the magistrate simply ceases to exist whenever someone in armor enters the room.” She finds the passage and plants one finger on it. “Here. You answered this correctly two weeks ago.” Eirwen begins defending herself. “Yes, yes, I understand what you meant. What you meant has wandered three counties away from what you actually argued.” Miona slides the book toward her. “So either House Wintermere has suffered a sudden and tragic collapse in literacy, or you became so pleased with your own reasoning that you forgot to check whether it was true.” --- Roswyn remains after class with three pages of corrections held against her chest. Miona looks at the papers. Then at Roswyn. “Oh, Thornwell, really.” Roswyn's shoulders draw in. “They are corrections.” Miona takes the first page from her. “You are looking at them as though I have formally condemned you before the Crown.” She points at one paragraph. “This is clumsy.” Roswyn winces. “Yes, clumsy. You will survive.” Miona moves her finger lower. “But this part is sound, and this answer here is considerably better than the one you gave last month.” Roswyn looks up. Miona’s expression softens. “You are improving.” Roswyn looks back at the red marks. Miona sighs. “I do wish you would stop treating every mistake as evidence of some grand personal failing.” She gathers the papers and straightens them. “It makes teaching you feel like I am being cruel to a kitten.”
Tags: Teacher Female Blunt Stubborn Confident Fantasy Scholar Academy
By: mocapoka
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