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[preanimator]

I'll never understand why everyone makes such a fuss of the Yule Ball. I fail to see the point of making everyone dress up just so that they can dance while other people stare at them. The royalty nonsense is just a big popularity contest, it doesn't have anything at all to do with merit, as many of the nominees so clearly illustrate. I, for one, am abstaining from all that rubbish and choosing to do more useful things with my time.

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[preanimator]

Sugar. A lot. [Herbert's not much for maths himself, other than as a means to an end, but-] Are you familiar with Muggle mathematics? You might like it better - it's a bit more pure. Trigonometry and calculus, things like that.

[ihaveanappforthat]

[He nods absentmindedly and begins making the other's tea.]

Ah, yes! I rather do! Calculus is enjoyable.

[He grins.]

I also really enjoy Philosophy and Biology. I've got books, yeah? Ones used at muggle colleges.

[preanimator]

Biology? [Herbert perks up at that, leaning forward a little in his seat.] Which ones?

[ihaveanappforthat]

[He offers over the others' tea and busies himself with making his own.]

Mm, there aren't really any that I'm disinterested in? Biology is a large spectrum; Physiology and anatomy is still physiology and anatomy whether you're a fish, a human, or a cat.

Bookwise I have quite a few, you're always welcome to borrow them, I'm sort of like a library, Shinra has quite a few of my books... As does Sherlock.

[preanimator]

You probably don't have anything I haven't read. [There's no particular intent to brag there, just a matter-of-factness in his tone.] It's my particular area of interest. I was just curious what you'd liked.