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His fingers flew over the touch screen again as dull beep beep bleep noises cut the comfortable silence with each movement. "And we just hit enter and....voila!"
With a flick of his wand - because he had not yet installed one of those clapper things just yet - the professor dimmed the lights so they could see the projected sky a bit easier. "
There we are. August 31, 2079," he said proudly while tucking the touch screen away so he could lean back in his chair with both hands resting comfortable behind his head.
Seren? Wait...surely not the same Seren, right? It was in that moment that the astronomer realized how little he actually knew about his colleagues - with the exception of Medea for obvious reasons. And in a way Andy Pandy, but not entirely by choice. He did know that the Seren he knew was knowledgeable when it came to quidditch...and they had watched many gobstones matches at Hogwarts together... "
Seren....Bentley?" he asked after a few moments.
"Whoa," Thornton whispered as the lights dimmed and the sky appeared overhead. Blinking, he tried to find a constellation he recognized to orient himself, but could not tear his eyes away from the ceiling to open his book.
But Professor Flamsteed's question did have him turn his head. It occurred to him that he didn't know Seren's last name and he felt a brief pang of guilt about it. But he knew it wasn't Bentley because he knew that was an old professor because he'd overheard people talking about her leaving.
"No. My Seren lives with us and helps take care of my sister. Did my lessons, too." That was... sufficient, yes?
Looking back up to the ceiling, Thornton waited a few moments.
"Professor? Can I ask for a favor?"