Kieran grinned at Miss Binns and her notebook. "I'm not a detective either," he said, "Really just someone who talks to a lot of people, and usually they don't like to talk back to me." Miss Binns was therefor a pleasant surprise, although he had never been trying to interview her for a story; either way, she was willing to hear him think out loud, and had even reached out about the Forfang thing, which was delightful.
"But I've been thinking about that," he said, "And I think maybe if he does have another academic personality floating around it's not one who — pokes fun at other academics in the Prophet." There had been personality jumping off the page in the Picardy letter, and if it was distinct then surely someone else would have caught on.
"That's enough humoring me, though," Kieran said with another grin; he took a sip of his pint.
"But I've been thinking about that," he said, "And I think maybe if he does have another academic personality floating around it's not one who — pokes fun at other academics in the Prophet." There had been personality jumping off the page in the Picardy letter, and if it was distinct then surely someone else would have caught on.
"That's enough humoring me, though," Kieran said with another grin; he took a sip of his pint.