The students were staring at her in the manner of those who have heard of the species 'female' but have never expected to get this close to one.
Students, eh? Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't hit them with a shovel!
They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking after the large vivarium where they happily passed their days was given to first-year students, on the basis that if they got things wrong there wouldn't be too much education wasted.
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.
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