Devereux followed the large crowd outside to the castle grounds, holding the broomstick distributed by the teacher.
He could feel a strange sensation emanating from the broom in his hand. It felt remarkably similar to the feeling he experienced when he first visited Ollivander's Wand Shop and stood before the mountains of stacked wands. Devereux even had the distinct impression that he could briefly communicate with it.
This was likely due to the passive effect of the [Genius Wandmaker] trait. Although these Flying Broomsticks were not wands, Devereux could sense that they, too, seemed to choose their riders.
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