Ida tittered with laughter at the thought of persuading animagi; she’d been thinking about it all more in terms of them following her domination simply due to her natural charisma and leadership ability (none of which she actually possessed but– then– neither did she possess the desire for actual world domination), though it was an interesting question.

Before she could speak to her thought he’d latched on to mention of Professor, however, and her laughing sombered long enough to appreciate his honesty about the subject. Ida might be a bit biased, but she considered Transfiguration to be one of the more serious magical disciplines, given its requirement to account for multiple factors simultaneously.

“Oh, well if you do meet Professor Foxwood one day don’t mention that about your old professor,” she teased, “That was his mentor. He’s a bit obsessed with him really.” Her nose wrinkled playfully, but then she realized what she’d said – and that it sounded a bit weird – and wait a minute. Did that mean she would be considered a bit obsessed with Foxwood, then? The girl frowned slightly, and decided to take a big step over the topic. Back to safer waters–

“Do you often work with Animagi, Mister Greengrass?” She was very interested in that, primarily because she was teeing up a phase in her research that may involve speaking to as many Animagi as possible. “If they can be problematic for you, there are a few methods of recourse. Not controlling someone, of course. That would be illegal.” The Imperius Curse was something she’d only very recently learned about, in the Flint library where there existed no restricted section – it gave her a little shiver to think about.

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