SPOILER!!: Hayden ^^
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littledhampir
Hayden could understand that, but Lex had to have at least some idea, no matter how tiny, of what she could possibly want to do after she graduated. "Do you have a favorite subject?" Was there something she wanted to study? Was she interested in anything that she might want to make a career out of? There had to be something.
Of course it was magic, but the kind of magic Lex was describing sort of freaked her out. She didn't want anyone or anything, not even a hat, knowing all sorts of things about her that she didn't even know about herself. If she held a conversation with the hat, would it be able to tell her things about her future? That seemed frightening. It seemed like too much power for a hat to have. "Why does a hat know that much?"
"Well there wasn't really a house in mind that I wanted, I would have been fine with whatever house it put me in." She hadn't really understood how the hat worked, and she still didn't, but she had been willing to trust its judgement. "I was kind of thinking I might be a Ravenclaw but I like Hufflepuff and I must fit." Otherwise the hat wouldn't have put her there.
She may not have known what she wanted to do with her life but Hayden's next question was much easier to answer. There were only two subjects that she thought were worth anything, though she didn't think there was much of a link between them.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts and Astronomy in that order." Astronomy was amazing, fantastic, brilliant but DADA always won out in the end. No changing that.
Despite the fact she was meant to be drawing, Lex found herself focusing on First Year next to her. If you asked her she didn't seem all that impressed by the magic behind the hat. It was all the same to her. It'd been helpful in her finding her home here so she wouldn't complain, or question it for that matter. She gave a small shrug and got back to the kitchen level sketching.
"When the Founders made this place, they all knew who they wanted to teach and they needed something that could snoop out those qualities for them. The hat just seemed like the best idea I guess." That was the only explanation she could give. Why else give a hat that much power.
Ohhhh, one of those content to go anywhere. Definitely Hufflepuff. But that wasn't a bad thing.
"Man, why does everyone want Ravenclaw before they learn better?" Her tone was light enough, she meant no offense by it...despite her dislike of those in blue. Ahem.