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Jan 2018
19m 30s

Benjamin asks: What if paper airplanes s...

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The Observatorium gets a new student, Parsha Parchment-Paper from the esteemed school of Wentbridge! She’s none too happy with her new, underfunded school, and she let’s Abacus know it. Will the wizard’s paper airplane lesson win her over or will it nearly destroy the school… again… 

Lessons include: you can only make new friends if you give them a chance; where you’re from doesn’t make you better or worse than anyone else

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