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Physics? Emrys perked at the mention. Muggle science made sense to him, much like the theory behind things like potions and transfiguration did, even if his, uh, practical application was not strong. He wished that he had pushed his parents for tutoring in muggle subjects... maybe then he wouldn't be running errands for a recluse researcher. "You went to muggle school, too?" Granted, Emrys had only been enrolled for the first few years of primary school before the homeschooling had begun...
He nodded as she described what she would do after quidditch, sipping his tea as he thought. "Hm. I always just assumed that retired players ended up working in sporting in some other way." He scratched the back of his head. But farms and animals and whatever lambing was, that was way out of Emrys' knowledge base. "Doing what you enjoy is important, if you can manage it" he offered, finally. "I think about going back.. as a 'mature student,' as you say," he offered, smiling and kicking a stone in the path. Not that he had any idea what he would do. And his parents were awfully disappointed he hadn't gone on to university, though they'd never have said it to his face.
He considered her explanation, eyes narrowing a bit in thought, head nodding just slightly. "Three games..." he mused, thinking it through. "That's helpful... I'll have to watch a match and see if that untangles things." He sipped his tea once more, lost a bit in his head visualizing a match and how those parts might fit together, his finger absently drawing in the air as if tracing the players' movements...
"I don't know if it's so much that Amelia worries about me..." he said, laughing lightly. Though, she did. It's not good for you to be alone, Emrys. You need to spend time with people, Emrys. "She.. likes to meddle."
Hm? Oh, that.
"Yeah, well, my mam's a muggle. And I didn't show magic until late so... I guess my dad thought I was a squib." Derry had been rather taken with charms once she did manage to be able to actually do them.
"I missed the English lessons once I got to Hogwarts. Creative writing, that sort of thing. Talking about books." Was she rambling? Probably. But books... he loved books.
"I'm... actually really bad at sports. Other sports I mean, than Quidditch." Not that that really had any bearing on whether she'd carry on with Quidditch.
"I don't think I'd enjoy coaching or anything.." She paused, and tried to think of other people who she, y'know, worked with. Immediately feeling kinda bad that she couldn't think of another sporting job.
"Maybe you should, if you think about it... often..?" She made that a bit of a question, since he hadn't specified.
"I definitely want to be able to get the vet point some day. I always wanted to be one..." She had an animal affinity, dontcha know.
"Though when I was younger I wanted to grow up to be a horse." Wow. Great. So cool. Well done. Ten out of ten.
Derry smiled widely at that. She'd
helped, see? Awesome.
"You should come to one of our matches some time. We have this play where it's like three obvious separate things and then two of the chasers..." she trailed off.
"Sorry, technical stuff... it's just... looking at that stuff can make it easier to understand." Especially cause she basically saw in diagrams at this point. She should probably not offer loads of stuff, like telling him she'd talk him through a play and then he could watch it and understand... because... they had just met.
Yes, that too.
"Mhmmmm. Meddling. My cousin... kind of... I think he contacted my team mates for help and they... kind of... ran with it." Which was highly annoying, by the way....