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SlytherinSistah Given the social climate and the time of day, Cutty was feeling rather inspired. There were a number of ideas he'd already written in his journal that he'd been meaning to try out. On his slow and thought-filled descent to the dungeons, the last person he thought he'd see was Tempus. In fact, he thought he was doing a rather good job of avoiding the badger, which he began doing where it could be done in order to forget weakness and not be so inclined to spontaneously vomit. For Tempus, the thought of him, his voice, his name even made the boy sick to death. Disgusting human being that one.
And there he was, being disgusting...looking through his bag, chatting to armour politely. It was a lucky thing Cutty hadn't eaten, he reminded himself as he stopped short there in the corridor blank faced and perhaps a little curious.
"Lookin' fer soomethin' yer lost, Tempus?" He asked, every last ounce of malice carefully double-strained out of his tone.
By this point, Toby had begun taking aaaaaaaaaall his books out of his bag and stacking them on the floor beside him, with the result that the pile of textbooks ended up looking like they couldn't possibly fit inside the bag. But they had; Toby had the shoulder strain as PROOF.
All of his books were out and at his side and Toby was rooting through all manner of parchment and old quills and empty ink pots when he heard Cutty speak.
The Hufflepuff looked up, the surprise evident on his face, because WHEN had Cutty and he last spoken? Or been alone together. No... wait... he knew the answer to that last one.
"Yeah," Toby replied, forcing one of those grins that just seemed to come so easily.
"Wouldn't be looking if it wasn't lost, y'know?" Heh. A little joke which... made Toby feel really weirdly awkward. Were they on joking terms? ... Uh.
"I'm just... looking for my potions homework is all," he quickly added, looking back to the large handful of parchment he'd just extricated from his bag and shuffling through it. But still.......... thinking. About stuff.