Olly was trying to pay attention, he really was. Defense Against the Dark Arts was always very interesting and it always taught him new things. But there was always so much new information and he was having a hard time focusing on absolutely all of it. He really was trying but it was difficult. Also, to be quite honest, it was even harder to focus than usual because of their guest. He was distractingly handsome.

Olly did manage to catch Hirsch's question and he organized his thoughts enough to be able to come up with a suitable answer. He raised his hand. "I don't know a lot about runes..." Not a great start. Why did he say that? Oh well, he just kept going. "But I think that if somebody wanted to, they would be able to use them for evil purposes."