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emjay 
Ansley slowly walked through the room a bit, his eyes falling here and there on the different objects displayed. He was glad to know that others found history to be interesting, even if it was not everyone's cup of tea. "That it does," he nodded in agreement. "I also think it's interesting to see how far we've come when looking at the overall grand scheme of things, though there are always things that stay the same no matter how much things change." Maybe it was more a statement on human nature, but he enjoyed that part of history as well.
He picked up the scarab sitting on top of the display cabinet and ran his thumb over the top absent-mindedly before looking up as Julien asked about the portraits. "Painting is my passion," he said, his eyes shifting to the portrait in front of the other man. "It's something I've been doing a long time.. but it's a side job," he added, putting the scarab back where he had found it. "I went to school to teach and I've found quite a few parallels between art history and magical history. They are both full of fascinating stories." He glanced at Julien again, wondering if he had always been a charms teacher.
That look was a tad bit intimidating - the other man knew he was joking, right? "Well, hopefully that isn't a regular occurrence around here, or else I might be looking through the classifieds again." He chuckled a bit but he wasn't completely joking. He wasn't about to deal with that kind of drama and nonsense on a consistent basis. "I agree though, these kids need to have more structure than was evident during the feast." But he hadn't heard of anything else happening since then. And he wasn't about to put up with misbehavior during his own class.
Yes he did get the how far we have come thoughts. He thought that as well.
" Sometimes I wonder if the changes we have made have been for the best." Maybe not with some type of things like what was found in here, but society as a whole. He was very much more of an old fashion type, but many people didn't see the world as he saw it anymore.
"This room is very impressive, I do hope more students come to see it. It would do them good." "It's always good when your passion can be placed into your career." It seemed he was getting to use his portraits for education. Juline understood this since his passion had always been charms. He loved everything there was to know about the subject and he loved to experiment with it.
"History was always one of my better subjects, but I always wanted to know more. I enjoyed reading about what had happened, I found it all fascinating and not the least bit boring like most." "I thought about handing in my letter that night. I couldn't believe I had turned down a head position at my prep school to join this mess." It had settled down since the feast and he was very happy about that, but he was still uncertain how long he would last here if respect and maturity was low all around.
"Yes I agree and I will be making sure that manners and respect will be part of my lessons if these students need it."