Sabbath was surprised to hear Professor Tanner refer to him as 'dear', up until now he was almost sure he was in for a dressing down. "Oh, no thanks, Professor" he replied, holding up his hand in refusal and taking a seat. He hadn't yet warmed to the British penchant for tea, much preferring his usual morning cafe con leche. "Ooh, a chocolate frog," he exclaimed with a smile, "yes please". He took the offered frog and turned over the small pentagonal box in his hands, still quite surprised at the turn in proceedings.

He listened as Professor Tanner spoke, if she was willing to let the note passing incident slide, he certainly wasn't going to bring it up again.

He nodded as she finished her spiel "Emm, thank you Professor" and he was thankful, he really was. However, he was well aware he had just sidestepped a detention and was certainly not keen to replace it with some long-winded counselling session or additional academic tutoring. "That is really kind of you to offer, Professor but I dont think..... his voice trailed off as he looked at her in consideration.

He was actually very interested in gaining some defensive training. Of course, the DADA professor would be the obvious master to approach on these matters, but... He looked at the Professor again. She was an intelligent and strong woman, perhaps she could offer a different perspective on defence. He figured that in the very least she could probably teach him something different to the instruction he'd recieved the from the dark wizard at the Hog's Head. He figured he had little lose by asking, "Professor, could you give me some advice on defence? After being captured I think I would really feel better to improve myself in this area. Perhaps you could teach me a hex or two?"