He blushes even deeper. Any attempt to be swish or nonchalant seems much worse—he couldn't carry it off like James or Sirius and thinks he would just seem rude—or worse, like he doesn't actually care or like her—so he doesn't try. Thank Merlyn, she forges ahead.
"James has a theory," said Remus, "that the attributes they say determine Houses aren't necessarily what do it—or that they're up for interpretation, or aren't passive but have to be translated to… —Okay, no. His theory is that attributes may land you in any of the others, but Gryffindor is the House you have to choose. I know three doesn't make a pattern, but looking at our own group of friends, only James could only be Gryffindor. The rest of us really should be everywhere else. Sirius is a good example again. He felt like he had a fate and refused it.
"I'm thinking, though, that one House wouldn't function so differently from others. I'll bet choice matters for all of them. …Because aren't choices what really best define and reveal our true attributes anyway…?"
(He sure hoped so.)
He would love to see that. He bet they'd have cards in a place like this… But then she mentioned puzzles…
"Now I'm trying to think of riddles that aren't totally infuriating," he said, another of his shy smiles creeping across his face… but this one with also maybe a hint of a Siriuslike mischief. "Or not that kind of puzzle?"
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"James has a theory," said Remus, "that the attributes they say determine Houses aren't necessarily what do it—or that they're up for interpretation, or aren't passive but have to be translated to… —Okay, no. His theory is that attributes may land you in any of the others, but Gryffindor is the House you have to choose. I know three doesn't make a pattern, but looking at our own group of friends, only James could only be Gryffindor. The rest of us really should be everywhere else. Sirius is a good example again. He felt like he had a fate and refused it.
"I'm thinking, though, that one House wouldn't function so differently from others. I'll bet choice matters for all of them. …Because aren't choices what really best define and reveal our true attributes anyway…?"
(He sure hoped so.)
He would love to see that. He bet they'd have cards in a place like this… But then she mentioned puzzles…
"Now I'm trying to think of riddles that aren't totally infuriating," he said, another of his shy smiles creeping across his face… but this one with also maybe a hint of a Siriuslike mischief. "Or not that kind of puzzle?"