The book at the top of the Care of Magical creatures pile caught Adi's eye. It was one about Hippogriffs. Smiling to himself and at the picture of the Griff on the first page, he flicked through the pages at random. These were truly the most awesome creatures ever. He replaced the book just in time for Kitridge's reply and question.

"You should go out of the country, Mr K.'' Adi suggested cheerily. "Don't you think you work a little to hard not to go on a long trip?'' In his mind the man worked a lot. Wasn't it proof now that he was poring over all these books and the term had only just started. "Well, my close family does. My grandparents from my dad's side live not far off from us. 'Us' means my parents and my dad's brother. I have some distant relative scattered all across the country but all from my mom's side are back in India.'' Adi liked his close knit family, actually. It worked well for him. Plus everyone spoiled him. Haha. Not really.

Er... Cue the sheepish look at the Librarian. "Ancient Runes,'' was the reply. "I scraped an Acceptable in OWLs.'' Like seriously... why was that subject so darn difficult? Overly ambitious? This sounded like the seventh year. He and Mr K had something in common! "Nope, I don't think that was over ambitious, Mr K. See? You did pass them and that's great!'' Ohh, Adi had an idea! "Possibly someday if you're not too busy, you could quiz me or help me study?" Was it too much to ask? He didn't want to bury the man. Or take away time from him and Cassie.