The talk he'd hoped to attend next wasn't meant to begin for another half hour, so he took a moment to browse the bookstore. At this rate, he wasn't going to have much pocket money leftover for the rest of the summer. He kept spying interesting transfiguration texts that he decided he would need in his animagus studies and other experiments.

To keep himself away, Thomas decided his grandfather might enjoy something new, and that is how he came to find himself happening upon Miss Bonaccord. It was her familiar voice that drew him closer until he peered around a shelf at where she read aloud. The question she mused out loud was one he could not answer. He'd never found much interest in works like Chaucer, and the word she used was certainly not something he would ever deign to speak.

"Afternoon, Miss Bonaccord. Enjoying the festival?" Despite the fact Hermia was female, he found himself somewhat more at ease with her. It helped that she was on her house quidditch team, and the two had discussed the subject at length in the past.