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Simon continued to laugh at her comment, happy to see he hadn't weirded her out. "You don't have to," he said with a smile. "Probably best," he added in agreement with a nod as Norah talked of playing the professor issue by year. It really was trial and error for the most part for even the toughest professors had favorites. No one could be certain of how things went until they'd had a few classes with each of the people in question.
"You know I don't really know myself," Simon admitted with a shrug. " Its just been that way as long as I and my brother were in school and before then. Though it does create a connection within the houses as well so I guess it could be a case of a little give and take," he mused absently noting her open one of her books. "Anything interesting?"
Norah stood at blinked at Simon for a moment, possibly looking somewhat foolish, but she realized it quickly enough to avoid and further possible embarrassment. She still didn't get how any sort of competition between houses would make the students grow closer. To Norah, it seemed like it was a 'In your face!' to the other houses. Nevertheless, she replied with a quiet,
"I guess that's possible." And blushed, once Simon mentioned her book.
"Oh, erm...nothing much, just spotted an image of Triton. One that was taken with a muggle spacecraft called Voyager 2... it's an interplanetary space probe." She quietly closed the book and added,
"Of course, the image is rather old, there are lots of newer ones now." Something was suddenly brought to her attention.
"Do you have book shopping to do as well?" She didn't mean to be eating up all of Simon's time, her voice sounded apologetic. And since he had helped her...
"There are a few fifth year books in this shelf here still." Norah tilted her head to the bookshelf behind her.