"Wary, or curiously concerned, not upset or nervous," he corrects gently, even as she dives into her explanation. The future, Harry, Sirius. He has dozens of questions, a thousand queries about the portals, about how this place has managed to drag two people from the same world at vastly different timelines.
(A small part of him thinks of a Time Turner almost immediately, and he can't help but wonder if the idea is utilized in a similar fashion here).
"1998?" He rubs idly at the back of his neck, his expression warming a touch, his smile a little more genuine, but guarded all the same. "Goodness, I'm well on my way to an old man where you're from. But... Harry. You said Harry?"
He can't fathom a boy, fully grown, fortunate to have the girl across from him as his friend. Would he look like James? Oh, most certainly, with that wild hair and mischievous grin, though he suspects he'd have Lily's heart at the end of it all. Or he'd hope. Merlin, he hopes.
"I... well." He lets out a breath, feeling a bit of shell shock. He's exhausted from his arrival, from leaving the mission behind. "It's heartening to know that you find Divination as utterly useless as I believe it to be. That alone is an excellent way to judge character."
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(A small part of him thinks of a Time Turner almost immediately, and he can't help but wonder if the idea is utilized in a similar fashion here).
"1998?" He rubs idly at the back of his neck, his expression warming a touch, his smile a little more genuine, but guarded all the same. "Goodness, I'm well on my way to an old man where you're from. But... Harry. You said Harry?"
He can't fathom a boy, fully grown, fortunate to have the girl across from him as his friend. Would he look like James? Oh, most certainly, with that wild hair and mischievous grin, though he suspects he'd have Lily's heart at the end of it all. Or he'd hope. Merlin, he hopes.
"I... well." He lets out a breath, feeling a bit of shell shock. He's exhausted from his arrival, from leaving the mission behind. "It's heartening to know that you find Divination as utterly useless as I believe it to be. That alone is an excellent way to judge character."