"Not if yeh give the cat a reason not teh eat the rat," Sam pointed out in return. Either in the form of food or attention. Usually the second worked sufficiently well; in her opinion, cats tended to be greedy for affection. Especially stray ones. "Don't really need teh adopt 'em when dey're just...dere," she said. "'nd turns out dere's enough in our dorm wiffout anodder one." Adoption would only happen in other circumstances than her current ones, for sure.

She full on beamed at Kitridge at he confirmed the presence of marshmallows. "Fanks Sir!" She was super excited to tell the other girls in her dorm that they could now have hot chocolate and marshmallows in bed! Hmm, a diet of just marshmallows? It was a thought, but not a sustainable one, on the whole. "Nah, the 'ouse elves cookin' is teh good teh ignore just fa marshmallows."

Of course she was prepared to work. She'd come to him first, hadn't she? Things would be easier once she could read and write properly, not also for her classes, but also when she went back home in the summer to her dad. She could help keep track of things better, and maybe even get a job for herself. The effort she put in was going to be more than worth it for the long term rewards.

She sipped her drink again, somewhat hiding her confused face at the words the professor had just used. Words that presumably described the type of book she'd just asked about? "Both I fink, sir. Given I dunno what the diff'rence is." Maybe something to do with how the words were written down?

Discouraged? She wasn't that. A little overwhelmed, perhaps. There were so many books, even just in this office, that how was a girl meant to know where to start even when she could read fluently? She thought about what she might like to try readin most, other than her textbooks. "Erm, I like lookin' at the sports pages in the Daily Proffit." There were lots of pictures of Quidditch stars on brooms like the ones in the window of Quality Quidditch Supplies in those. "I like goin' on adventures though, so mabbe one of those."