Nybras looked from the paper to the instructor, back to the paper, his partner, and finally the paper again. This seemed a bit farther along than the basics of magic but maybe the standards were just different here. Regardless this is what they were doing now. He started by putting his hands together and forming a triangle between them with his thumbs and forefingers, he then rested his chin on his thumbs and put his snout through the triangle until the peak formed by his forefingers was between his eyes. A faint glow crept into his eyes as he focused on the paper. He was using a simple spell, something meant for smaller things such as this.
not that it was easy
A moment later a surprisingly loud thunk would sound in the room as his head landed snout first on the table with his horns sticking up, one arm splayed on his desk and the other hanging off the side. His breathing indicated that he'd managed to render himself unconscious.