Zhenya sort of hoped the 'interesting things' were learning to cast a patronus. Zhenya had always wondered what form her patronus would take. She was more aware of the room when the Professor closed the doors with a flick of his wrist and sat down with them. He was cooooooool. His statement was vaguely correct, at least for Zhenya. She had no interest in experiencing areas of darkness, but she was interested in knowing about the darker side of magic. Knowledge is power. But now he wanted to know WHY 'Dark Arts, Dark Magic and Dark Wizards are all found to be intriguing and fascinating topics, worthy of curiosity and exploration.' Zhenya had a quick brainstorm. Why indeed?

She wasn't sure if it was a call out your answer or raise your hand class, so she went formally and raised her hand anyway, waiting for an okay to speak. "Er, well I guess for me anyway, I'm intrigued about the darker side of magic because it's something I know I will never experience. Well I hope so anyway. I'd never see myself casting the unforgivable curses or duelling with anyone outside a classroom, so I suppose my mind wants the knowledge. For example, I'd never cast the cruciatus curse on anyone, and I hope it's never cast on me, but I'm interested in what reasons the caster has to cast it, and what it feels like on the victim. I suppose because I hope I never experience it I want to know about it." Did that make sense? She had a feeling she was rambling a bit and stopped, looking a bit self-conscious.