Originally Posted by RavenSnape

Out of the corner of his eye, Ryder noticed that Simone passed him a note. He closed his eyes for a moment and then looked at the paper. Hmm...do I want to subject myself to the torture of being her partner? Is that what I'm reading?

Ryder raised his hand. "Just to add to what she said, Professor? In human transfiguration, from human to an animal form, our brains turn into an animals brain. Therefore, once we are in the animal form, we do not remember what we were supposed to be doing. We go into a sort of animal instict mode and forget about being human. In the Animagus form, we have the ability to be that animal but also remember what we were doing duing that time period."

After Ryder finished his answer, he decided to take a moment to reflect on Simone's answer. Without taking his eyes off of the Professor, he grabbed the piece of paper. He wrote:



He looked back up at the Professor then slowly passed the note back to Simone.