Nath looked around then back to the pretty girl's eyes. "Yes I was, I was educated at the Institute. There was no other choice you see, it was either that or ... something else that was a little more foul." He shrugged, "We were taken in by Durmstrang, and they taught us the techniques needed to survive in a hostile world. We formed gangs and clubs to survive, you had to have someone at your back, otherwise you were a gonner..." He shuddered, the fights that had happened there, they had taken quite the toll on the students. The teaching methods were horrible, the emphasis had been on making warriors, not scholars. There was no room for failure.

He sheathed the wand and shook her hand, "Well at least we have a few things in common, we both hate the ministry!"