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Nina nodded respectfully, turning to take a look at what Eiji had set up. Did it really matter if it took their Professor a few months to learn her name? Because name-tents were quite demeaning. It made her feel as if she was in primary school all over again. Nina would, of course, blame Eiji for this. The Slytherin quietly reached into her bag and pulled out a blank parchment from within it. She took the time to write out her name in her pristine, cursive script. Dotting her i's with hearts, as per usual.

At least making her sign gave her something to concentrate on while she listened to her Professor share some insights. Arithmancy was obviously calculation based and those who equated it to divination were clearly delusional. As divination was a subject based entirely upon nonsensical fancies and Arithmancy provided actual, factual information. And despite the fact that her Professor asked her to make a name tent like she was in grade two, the woman still had many admirable traits. Nina found herself pleased with the lecture, appreciative of each point their Professor made. It even brought a FAINT smile to her face, one she hid by looking downwards at her notes.

Again, Nina was rather unimpressed with the majority of the answers that her classmates shared. Her least favorite being the point about ships and shoes. One of the most apparent issues would be the matter of generalization. That a large blanket descriptor could be used to identify several things accurately. It was why all George’s couldn’t be reduced to a single number. It would involve too many assumptions, leading to analysis that resembled other flawed pseudo-sciences such as astrology. To reduce something large into a single value whilst expecting to gain a complete understanding of it, was far too simplistic an ideology. Surely a single number could give way to some understanding, but it couldn’t be expected that the whole story would be understood as a result.

Along the same vein, the Slytherin couldn’t quite agree with her Prefect on the matter of given names. Her head quirked to the side when Vita shared that she thought a given name likely carried more weight. Why? Didn’t that by her very definition, contradict itself? Because a given take didn’t necessarily give much information about the child who received it, but rather the parents who chose the name in the first place. This was especially relevant as the child grew older, often times choosing to give themselves a nickname or perhaps even changing their name entirely. The name that someone chose for themselves clearly had significance and a large impact on how they saw themselves, otherwise it wasn’t worth changing to begin with. Wouldn’t that in itself carry more weight than a name that was simply given?

Her eyes bounced from one side of the room to the next, as she was curious to see who shared which answer and even more curious to see how Professor Sissay chose to respond to them. As for herself, however, she remained quiet and played with her hair. It was VERY
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