Ahh, yes, calculation time. Brian wasn't against Arithmancy - considering it was as close as Hogwarts got to usual mathematics - but it was somewhat ridiculous. It was a form of Divination, only too complex to be covered as part of that subject. Predicting the future. Only using numbers. But he'd do it.

The Hufflepuff took out his pen and started with writing out his surname on the sheet, and then added the corresponding numbers below it. And then totalled them. And reduced. And checked the text for the meaning - he really should memorize these things.



And reading that, Brian almost snorted. He could possibly maybe see the artistic flair bit. His entire family was full of artists. His father was a musician and his mother a painter. Philantrophy and generosity were more from his mother than his father, though, and it was just a little ridiculous to say that he would inherit a concern for others from a man he hadn't seen in two years.

He could hardly even remember his face.