Airey liked to talk, and he liked to talk a lot. Most of what he was saying made sense to Toby, but every now and then he'd casually glaze over and zone out a little bit and then tune back in after a few moments of daydreaming. No big deal, no cause for alarm, it was essentially the same as how he'd been doing academia since first year.

Oh, but... oh! Class was OVER? Toby checked his watch, and... yep. It did seem that way, didn't it. So, NO activity BUT it had been a super cool fun discussion that had made his brain do the thinking thing, enough that the lesson had flooooooooooooooown by.

Toby took the time to jot down as many things as he could remember from what Professor Airey had just said, while everyone went to go check out the box. HE was curious to look inside too, though he could see from other kids' expressions and what they took out of it that they weren't too happy about what they found. But TOBY was GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. He'd already decided.

Once he was done, the Hufflepuff shoved all his notes and stuff into his school bag and slung it across his chest before heading up to the box.

And it was... oh, hey! HOMEWORK! Well, it was a surprise, if nothing else. Not as cool as a field trip into space though, just saying.

"The POTENTIAL for KNOWLEDGE!" Toby declared, holding the assignment with both hands and holding it waaaaaaaaaay up in the air, VICTORIOUSLY, like it was the Quidditch World Cup. He ended up getting a few cobwebs on it too, but that's not for here.

The seventh year looked at the professor as he lowered his arms again. "Stellar lesson, Professor Airey. It was COOL!" Toby saluted the astronomer and gave a grin. "Thanks for the wisdom and stuff. See y'later!"

And out he bounced.



#VIVALAPLUTO