’Oh do excuse me Miss Selwyn’ Meserimus said with a smile, ’I though it was beginners Legilmency, which I was looking to borrow from the library’. He was clearly joking. The Slytherin head of house glanced between his student and the cat that sat next to her and wondered if she was attempting to use her new skills on the animal.

Meserimus had a sense of pride when his students showed themselves to be competitive and keen to advance, he had himself been a similar sort of competitive in school – and in his experience it was a mark of their house. Competitive in academia was a big part of the ambition oft associated with Slytherin, and the sort of cunning intelligence needed to work out for oneself that advanced magic was there to be sought out, and it was on the individual to seek it. A good example was Miss Whitleidge – who had managed the animagus transformation while still in school – and another member of Slytherin house.

’Intermediate Legilemency’ Meserimus said with a stroke of his beard and an amused tone in his voice. As though mulling the words over in his mind. ’How very ambitious of you Miss Selwyn, have you a particular reason in mind to master the skill? Or do you intend to use it to divine the OWL results from the examiners mind.’ he asked with a smile. ’Not that I disapprove of either motive.’

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