Tea, ooh yeah. Tobias never really drank tea out of choice, but he usually always accept it when he went to visit his professors. Unless it was chamomile. Bleh.

"Thank you, Professor," the boy grinned as he took the china cup, and proceeded to put a few sugars into it. He wanted more, ideally, but he was learning to ignore his sweet tooth. He was still into working out and running every single day, so piling in the sugar whenever he had a cup of tea seemed a bit detrimental to that. Tobias took a small sip before deciding the tea was a just a smidge too hot, and set it down to cool off some. "Oh for sure, sir. I love exploring. Finding new things is like a magic in its own right, I reckon."

Woah, slow down there Tobes. You're in danger of sounding philosophical.

At the question, Tobias shrugged one shoulder and looked over at his tea again. He traced the rim of the china cup with one index finger from the hand that had been playing with his head, whilst his other hand and his feet continued to drum and tap, though almost silently.

"I'm okay," he responded, glancing up to Botros and then back to his tea again, where he was now tracing the handle of the teacup. Toby didn't feel any urges to hold back on this topic at all, not when speaking to Botros. He also never suspected for a second that Cutty might be listening out specifically for details about HIM. If anything, Tobias believed the younger boy would soon forget the things Toby spoke about. "It's just that I live with my grandparents, see? And my grandfather got ill and, well..." Tobias took up the tea for another sip before setting it down again. He thought about finishing the sentence, but changed his mind. Sharing information about things that were sad was still something he was trying to work with. The only person he'd outright told was Forrest, and suddenly saying it out loud again felt a bit overwhelming, so Tobias flashed a smile at the Professor and simply said, "This is good tea, sir."

And promptly started thinking happy thoughts.

Ooooh. Summers. Botros sounded like he had had a good one. Tobias had never been to Egypt. Never been abroad at all, actually, so somewhere like Egypt really DID seem magical. At the mention of Feo, the third year blinked and looked around the room. Well well well. Now the professor had mentioned the lack of crup this year, Toby suddenly realised the poignant absense. N'awww. He'd miss that crazy little canine. The first time he'd properly spoken to Professor Botros was because of Feo.

The Hufflepuff gave a smile (because Feo was adorable okay and it didn't take much to make Toby smile) and looked over at Cutty to hear about his summer too, unwittingly mirroring Botros as he sipped his tea again.