She didn't know? Didn't know what? Whether she wanted to show Paul or ideas or not? Or didn't know her ideas after all? Paul assumed the former, and gave her a look. "Lucy. I thought we were past the point of you....fearing my judgment. You know I think you're a brilliant Herbology student. Your ideas will not be dumb or silly in the least. And, even if I did think so, it's your decisions to make about what projects you work on, not mine. Granted, we should work on something impressive for when you eventually apply to Universities..." that is, if she was still interested, which Paul assumed she was.

"So show me them when you're read, m'dear," he said gently. "But I would like to see them." Lucy was only a sixth year. That wasn't loads of time before starting to take applying to Universities seriously, but it was more time than if she were a seventh year, like Oliver.