If Alice thought it intriguing that History of Magic and Ancient Runes were going to be combined, it was nothing compared to what she thought of a suddenly younger Botros.

Er... what? Everyone around her had wrinkles and grey hair and rheumatisms, but her previously prunelike professor had become a middle-aged stud? That threw her off a bit. Any other time, she would have started spewing questions like mad, but all that mouth movement sounded like it'd make her jaw hurt. And her jaw already hurt. Everything already hurt. Ow.

"Hi Professor McCormack. Mister Ab, sir, if you're not using your cane, want to lend it to your favorite student?" Yes? She made eyes at him.