Alex shrugged, pushing his hair back. "Not that it matters. Professor Black wouldn't let me wear it in class anyway, and that was my big punishment after the bust. The headmaster says I can't wear it at all. It shows up in the tests that Healer Goldstein does every Friday..." He sighed, shrugging again. It bothered him, but what could he do?
"That's the basic idea, I guess. I don't know if anyone really knows, or if someone just tried it and it worked." He pulled his notebook closer and scribbled a note in the margin. "I'm just hoping that my essay's good enough that he'll agree to teach me again. I need this. To have a focus, I guess, you know?"