938 Hilarity Ensues
Now, while Petros could use the advanced mana sense of a Rank Eight mage to essentially see the mana flows that went with the spell, the rest of the classroom was just looking at the symbols. That meant that what they saw was Wolfe writing a novel in the air, and then binding it into a spherical spell, as the layers shifted so the alignment runes overlapped, but with the next layer turned, so the rest of the symbols didn't.
Then he flattened it and imbued it on the desktop of the lecturer's desk in the corner of the room.
"That will remain in effect for the duration of the seminars so that nobody is tempted to take out their frustrations on their neighbours. Learning a whole new language of runes will not be easy, and I fully expect that some of you might not have the knack for it." Wolfe explained.