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sweetpinkpixie 
Oooh-ing and aw-ing at an article about a new brand of meteorite shoes by Studio Swine, the astronomer was admiring his feet for a moment - even slipping is own shoes off to wiggle his toes - when Mr. Tempus can zooming in like an asteroid without a collision course. Reason being that the Hufflepuff had not crashed into anything. Thankfully.
Feeling like he should have a nickname in return - because that was the socially acceptable thing to do. Partake in the nickname giving - he paused for an uncomfortable moment before speaking. "Mr. Tempus," he eyed the quill and parchment. "Let me guess....Arithmancy?"
Toby didn't correct the name thing right now, would no doubt get an opportunity to do so another time. Instead he managed a smile at the Astronomy professor and nodded while holding up his parchment. Sounded like he wasn't the first to come here.
"Uh-huh," he replied, noticing the parchment had gotten slightly crumpled in his grasp and taking a moment to uncrease it as much as possible.
"Could I... use your birth date for this Major Cycles thing, please?" Okay. Parchment straightened out. All good.
"I can find someone else, if you'd rather I didn't." Just 'cause he needed the birth year, and Toby figured there were professors who'd rather not let on about their age (not as though he'd be able to work it out without a calculator or something, but still).