softlysoftly commented on blueridgemod's post in blueridgeschool:

Previous years Parents Weekend for Samir had involved moving chairs and giving directions, which suited him fine. It was easy and the downtime spent in the staff room away from parents was plentiful. This year however, he had been deemed professional enough to be right in the thick of the action with a little divination table set up and giving free readings to parents if they so wished. It was more effort but Samir wasn't giving proper readings, just generic ones aimed at turning the opinion of the subject around. The fact was divination was still seen as a joke, a easy pass and Professor Davis was keen to dispell any of that. Never mind that she was useless, in Samir's opinion.

Even with his short sleeves Samir was uncomfortable with the evening heat, not to mention distracted by the thought of Sunday's fireworks. He was perched on the edge of the little card table with his eyes closed when he had the odd feeling that someone was licking his shoe. Looking down, he was confronted with a dog and laughed gently, giving it a scratch behind the ears.