Her answer was most helpful and he did shoot an amused glance, before standing and stepping closer to the gate to look at it. "I don't know Runes very well either." And despite having attended Ancient Runes courses, he did not feel he was getting any wiser on the subject. Probably why the sudden added interest in them.

He didn't like to be bad at school subjects.

Had flown minimally in classes but... was not really interested in doing it on his own. Flying was very reliant on magic, so if he didn't have to do it, he'd rather not. He did enjoy watching others in the air though. "Oh, well that sounds cool. No friendly game even on the pitch with other students?" Was that allowed? Seems as if it should have been but he would probably still recommend asking Professor Kazmi to confirm. "You haven't seen a match either? How do you know you like Quidditch so much then?" Just from the book? He was big on books as much as the next guy but that seemed a lot of enthusiasm for something so physically based on a piece of literature.

"You seemed kind of like a Seeker to me." He couldn't help the subtle joke, and he didn't mean it ill-spiritedly but once it was out of mouth he couldn't tell if that's how it SOUNDED. "You could always just end up being the best Keeper from the bunch. You don't have to like Chaser just because it's the most open position on the team."