Her smile, generally lopsided and present around him more often than not, brightens again as he explains his hidden talent. It’s so very much in line with what she knows of him older – the teacher, the one who believes in the value of learning and understanding. Her mouth opens to encourage him to talk about the study aid, to gently drag him across the line of no return that he sometimes puts up, but promptly shuts with a chuckle as Remus crosses that line just fine on his own.
“The Weasley twins are rather that, too. Brills, but not keen on school.” She only interjects to add to the conversation, peppering his story with pieces of her own and players that are in his future. It’s when he mentions that Sirius believed he would have been in Slytherin that her expression changes. It’s a slight shift, one from amusement to gentle understanding. She had wondered the same with a child's curiosity and worry at the same time as the Hat took its time to decide where to place her.
Her hands move again, this time in the excited way that they move as she talks. "Oh, or like the nuns tending to wonky body part bushes?" Tonks asked with a laugh. But as Remus explained his project, she lifted her eyebrows again. This time in a motion of being impressed.
"I think that's be dead clever! I talk to myself a lot as I'm figuring things out. An audience for that would be helpful. Even as an echo chamber, to determine whether the idea is sound or not, or to pipe in with commentary."
She taps his fingers then, a playful and physical chiding of his humble nature as she chortles. "And it absolutely counts as a talent. You have to have capacity for it to pick it up from others."
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“The Weasley twins are rather that, too. Brills, but not keen on school.” She only interjects to add to the conversation, peppering his story with pieces of her own and players that are in his future. It’s when he mentions that Sirius believed he would have been in Slytherin that her expression changes. It’s a slight shift, one from amusement to gentle understanding. She had wondered the same with a child's curiosity and worry at the same time as the Hat took its time to decide where to place her.
Her hands move again, this time in the excited way that they move as she talks. "Oh, or like the nuns tending to wonky body part bushes?" Tonks asked with a laugh. But as Remus explained his project, she lifted her eyebrows again. This time in a motion of being impressed.
"I think that's be dead clever! I talk to myself a lot as I'm figuring things out. An audience for that would be helpful. Even as an echo chamber, to determine whether the idea is sound or not, or to pipe in with commentary."
She taps his fingers then, a playful and physical chiding of his humble nature as she chortles. "And it absolutely counts as a talent. You have to have capacity for it to pick it up from others."