What are some uses of Arithmancy that you have heard of? Most of you must know that it is a calculations based field. On what parameters do these calculations depend? Also, please tell me your name before you answer, so that I might start learning who each of you are."

Józef wasn't really listening to anything Professor Sissay was saying because he was still far more interested in the elephants. He was even straining to see them from his seat, because they were so cool and he was still intent on getting one.

But this meant that he only caught the tail end of what she was saying, and he really didn't have a clue how to answer the question.

So he was staying very quiet.