 be curious, not judgmental
Professor DaBest's class had quickly joined the ranks of her favorites early on in the term, and even though Soph had liked Romanos a lot, she LOVED her replacement. He was down-to-earth and really informational and helpful and he was a dynamite AUROR which probably won her over more than anything else, realistically. Just KNOWING he was so experienced and could take on a dark wizard and save them all was WAY cool.
Her wand in hand, Sophie entered the classroom with a spring in her step - always chipper to see what they would be learning about - and smiled at the sight of the otter patronus. So he really WAS an otter person, wasn't he? Soph shot the man a grin as she crossed further into the room, taking notice of the walls with some treetops visible over them. Curious... curious. She assumed they were NOT learning about patronuses because she couldn't puzzle together how the two were related, and rather, the professor was just amusing himself.
One OTHER thing she noticed was the chorus of students already asking about patronuses and wanting to be taught how to conjure one, and Sophie's smile widened upon realizing just how interested everyone were, and directed her knowing grin at the professor again. "Hi, sir. Nice patronus you've got there." Ahem.
Hehehehe.
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