On March 24, Sirius finally defied the complaints of the other Order of the Phoenix and repaired his living room and removed the bust that had fallen to the ground that Jessica had used as a special seat.On this day, Jessica turned eleven years old.She received an invitation from Dumbledore to come to Hogwarts to get a feel for the school before the summer holidays began.Then she knew that she had died once, and that it was her father, Jem, who had used ancient magic to save his life, and that he had rushed to the underworld to find his family together.On April 24, Jessica spent her thirteenth birthday in an empty classroom at Hogwarts, accompanied by Vincent and her new acquaintance.This birthday was sloppy, because a very bad event happened a few days ago, and everyone's mood was very low, and the atmosphere of this birthday was almost like a funeral.When the others had taken their leave—Vincent stayed, once a month—for Jessica it was biennial—as was customary, to tell her something she needed to know.Jessica, who had become an equal, understanding friend to Vincent, made an exaggerated gesture and said, "Throw all the bad news at me."
See how long it takes me to cry bitterly. ”Vincent couldn't give Jessica a hug or a kiss as he had done three months ago, but his calm gaze still gave him the greatest courage."
Maybe you've realized that you're different from everyone else – you're going to be in a coma on the night of the twenty-fifth of the month, and you'll wake up one size ...... bigger."
Jessica said."
You know that's just a metaphor," Vincent said, "and the problem is, not everybody's like that.You don't get bigger overnight, and normal growth takes a long time. ”Jessica whistled, then found her voice trembling, "No wonder I don't think you and Sirius have aged much......
"On May 24, Jessica and Vincent, who pretended to be their sister and had been hanging out in Gryffindor for another month, celebrated their fifteenth birthday in the Astronomy Tower.Vincent waited for Jessica to faint and watched her wake up, watching Jessica leap a few inches into the air, and she was no longer a dry, thin little girl.Fifteen-year-old Jessica looks even more charming."
Hey, I'm older than you."
Jessica blinked and gave Vincent a harmless wink: "Little brother?
”"You've got to get it under control, you're going to suck the boys from all three schools."
Vincent sighed helplessly, and to Jessica's slight disappointment, he didn't seem to feel the gap between Jessica and himself by a year of maturity."
Come on, even if Fleur behaves ambiguously with Danqi, there are several times more people who have a crush on her than me......
I thought you were always strict in your speech. ”Jessica flicked her neat short hair, and others commented that this kind of sexy and Fleur's long flowing hair are two extremes of beauty.She paused, poured herself a little wine, shook it at the moon, and said in a smug tone, "I think it's incredible."
I always get up to speed with new courses – I mean, if you put aside the two-year disconnect of middle age.The other students would be mad if they knew I could learn this stuff in less than four months. ”After chatting for half a night, both parties were a little drunk, and the atmosphere hinted that it was time to reveal the secrets of the month.Looking at the moon in the sky, Vincent spoke slowly, without foreshadowing, and said bluntly: "You can only live to be thirty-six years old."
Jem's last age......
Sorry, Jessie, I don't know how to speak. ”Jessica was silent for a long time, and then she spoke, sounding nonchalant, as if she were just discussing a required homework assignment: "I'm ten months before I turn thirty-six.Enough for me to do what I was meant to do. ”The author has something to say: Friendly reminder: Jessica ran relatively fast and ended on May 24.Then the plot of the next chapter returns to Vincent's normal timeline, starting from the end of the Christmas holidays (mid-January).Original timeline: 1995.Harry was in the fourth year for the first half of the year.February 24, the second event of the tournament, April 16, Easter.Another 20 days off.June 24thThe third event of the tournament at the end of June, summer vacation at the end of June, September 1st, Harry's fifth year Chapter 64 reasoningAfter spending nearly a month in Grimmauld Place, the result was that me, Sirius, Lupin, and Jessica were almost acquainted.Of course, Lupin left in a hurry less than a week after Christmas and continued to try to get some information out of the werewolf area.Jessica didn't chase us and ask where her family had gone, as we thought, and she occasionally expressed homesickness during the short time she spent with us as strangers to us, but after five or six days when she accepted us and liked to plunge into our arms, she seemed to have completely forgotten about the three family members who had disappeared and the old house in another country that had long since burned down.I think this performance may be due to the natural coldness in her blood.But since most of the books about vampires in the wizarding world are about how to kill them or avoid them, and there are no books that carefully describe the emotional characteristics of vampires, I can't judge my own conjectures.Maybe I could come up with a book on the state of mind of a vampire myself—because I have such a good subject to observe.But considering that the act of doing research on close people was unethical in the eyes of normal people, I gave up on the idea within three seconds.During the Christmas break, the Order of the Phoenix popped in and settled in, and during that time I met Kingsley, Tonks, the real Moody for the first time - he and Sirius whispered for a long time, and then Sirius had a wonderful smile on his face, which seemed to me to be planning a highly successful prank (it was later confirmed that what he discussed with Moody really took everyone by surprise), and Stoicle?
Bodmore, Hesga?
Jones, and the passionate Weasleys.And, of course, there were the less popular visitors, such as Professor Snape and Mundungus?
Fletsch, I won't go into detail here.The Christmas break is over in mid-January and I need to go back to school to continue the second half of fourth grade.Carrying a backpack with more stuff than when I arrived, and clutching a newly bought wand (I have to say, after seeing me again after only half a year, the expression on Ollivander's face seemed to be about to put me on the list of "least welcome guests in the store"; "Why don't you know how to cherish it, your wand is more spiritual than a reckless wizard like you!"
Ollivander said with great displeasure), I returned to Professor Flitwick's office from the fireplace, and luckily, the fireplace trip went smoothly - where did Cricher go?
It has not yet appeared."
Long time no see, Vincent.I've heard that Grimmauld XII's living room has been blown to rubble. ”Professor Flitwick looked at me with interest.I chanted a spell at the ashes I had brought to the carpet, and then shrugged: "I can't help it." ”"I heard you want to give Professor Snape a landscape ball that explodes?"
Professor Flitwick continued: "He seems to be a little angry.On the first hour after returning from there, he made an excuse and deducted fifty points from Patil and Kona in a row......
Oh, don't worry, of course I'll protect my students - and then at the prom, Patil and her dance partner danced so well that I couldn't have said anything if I hadn't given them extra points, would I?
”Professor Flitwick blinked slyly."
Oh, well done, Professor—then Professor Snape must be upset.""
I don't know.He was pulled away by Karkarov at the time, otherwise he would have deducted those points back. ”Professor Flitwick said with a smile.Leaving Professor Flitwick's office, I easily returned to the Ravenclaw Tower.I paid special attention as I entered the lounge—and sure enough, Flolet was still sitting in the chair, clutching a copy of Hormones and Adrenaline and reading it carefully.I looked at the words 'Oxford University Press' on the book, and I couldn't help but think to myself that this talented fellow had fallen for himself.The guy who received an invitation letter from the Auror office half a year ago is now obsessed with the study of love to the point of hunger - who does he want to attack?
In my own dormitory, Benelli had prepared a handful of lace messages waiting for me.For example, international star Krum turned out to be Hermione's dance partner, Ravenclaw who didn't get together with anyone, and Hagrid was caught by the reporter, and the newspaper published the news that he was a giant half-blood, and of course the last one was in the less pleasant category.What I couldn't understand the most was that Dan Qi and Fleur actually kissed after the prom, and Dan Qi lazily said that I was making a fuss."
She's three years older than you, buddy."
I say."
Does it matter?"
Danqi shrugged, "Are you suggesting that I'm more naïve than her or what?"
”"Of course not.You'll obviously be able to get along with the romantic, magical Fleur.In fact, I don't think you and Vincent are old enough to be fourteen-year-olds. ”Benelli wondered.Ah, that's because I'm not a fourteen-year-old student in the first place, but I don't know what's going on with Danqi so old, and I wonder as much as you do.I said in my heart.Then I thought about the picture of Dan Qi and Fleur kissing together, to be honest, it was not unacceptable, on the contrary, it was unexpectedly harmonious.I think Danqi may be the kind of person who has both high emotional intelligence and high IQ, at least at my age, I don't bother to look at the girls my age around me - mostly because they are so stupid......
So it seems that Dan Qi chose Fleur because he couldn't communicate with silly girls of the same age?"
Almost, it's time to taste love, that's what I thought when I danced.Fleur is a smart girl, which is very good. ”"I don't think Miss Parkinson's is stupid, is she?"
Benelli smiled maliciously, and I gave Benelli a thumbs up - Parkinson is one of the few girls who can make Danqi break his suave image, and he is simply his nemesis."
She's not stupid?
That rude troll?
”Dan Qi said expressionlessly.After that the conversation shifted to what I encountered during the Christmas holidays, and the little girl with the vampire."
Then I figured out that she would pass by about two years in one fell swoop on the 24th of every month."
I grabbed a piece of scratch paper from my bag and looked at it."
Oh, Merlin's pocket watch.Sounds terrible. ”Benelli said, "Will she come to Hogwarts at the age of eleven?"
In this way, she will cross the age of reading in three and a half months, and I wish she had the opportunity to enjoy Hogwarts life with her companions normally. ”"I don't know, at least the headmaster said welcome, but I don't know if she'll be able to adapt......
Speaking of Jessica, I think that with the character of the Aaron family I knew, she would have cried out for revenge when she found out what had happened—at least to figure out why their family was exposed.But as far as I know, only Helen and I know about what they've been helping Helen, and I don't know how the Boyle family knows......"
Benelli was keen to contribute ideas to the pursuit of the murderer, and he took over and said: "This clue has reached a dead end, and we can think from another angle, in terms of motives."
The matter of Aaron's family - the timing of the attack is so coincidental, the boyle family was robbed in their own house when they were leading people to find trouble, if we don't divert the tiger from the mountain, then we are deceiving ourselves.Start with who broke into Boyle's house......
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The one who betrayed Aaron's family is probably the same person who broke into Boyle's house!
”"Speaking of the guy who broke into Boyle's house—" I said, pointing to the telescope in Danchi by the window, "do you remember the night of the game?"
Benelli was looking at the stars and noticed that Bruce had been helped into Beauxbatons' carriage......
"We've talked about this as well.Didn't the girl named Elaine before still say that she leaked her mouth, saying that Bruce went to Boyle's house during that time?
He was probably there at the time of the incident!
Maybe he's involved too!
”Benelli interjected again, because he was a little excited about the result of his reasoning, and spoke upside down, "Two lives, the means are brutal enough......
We think Bruce did this - before we could tell you that Dange and Bruce almost got into a fight during the month you slept through. ”"Oh, Dange and Bruce?
What happened?
”Benelli described it to me with gusto."
So, that's how you caught the prettiest girl in Beauxbatons?"
I raised my eyebrows."
I just didn't like Bruce that time."
Danqi said."
No wonder you don't like him, he does seem to be planning something, and he always looks like a dragon doesn't see the end," I touched my chin, "to be honest, at least little Crouch knows how to be a little more restrained when he plans things." ”"So what are you going to do?
Do you want to question him in person?
”Dan Qi asked."
I don't know.Confronted in person?
If he had done it, he would certainly not have been stupid enough to admit it.We have no proof. ”"But at least there are some clues."
Benelli said, "He also has access to the Aaron family who are secretly helping you – he's Helen's son anyway." ”"Helen had only seen him once, and I had been there the whole time, so there was no way he would have had a chance to know about Aaron's family," I narrowed, "but there's no denying that his whereabouts are suspicious......
I'm going to use the Truth Potion against this guy, whether he did it or not, he must know something.He and the boyle fools have mysteriously mysterized my normal life. ”So I started plotting how to get the elixir from Professor Snape.But figuring out the murders of the Boyle family and the Aaron family is only third on the list of things I want to solve: first, the exploration is endless, and I still have to figure out this unpredictable order; Second, before we could get the elixir from Snape, we needed to get a classroom to study Benelli's unsuccessful pre-Christmas project (when the deadline was up, Snape took back the classroom as promised, and refused to let us step into the underground classroom in his spare time); Thirdly, try to find out the truth about the series of criminal activities on November 24 – the French wizards have studied cases that have not yet been solved for nearly two months.The author has something to say: BTW Lori's paragraph is just an extra.The main line will still start slowly after Christmas.And thank you for your creativity.Thanks to Xiaoyi, mitter2b, AI, Benn, and jing's creativity, a few of them are very favorite~ There are also typos found by passers-by Jiajun, because many other places in the text need minor repairs, and they have become a big project together.Let's start construction after eleven...Until then, the rest of the reader will make do with it 23333333333 Chapter 65 is centered on the wall, sitting on the wall stack of the Astronomy Tower, facing the large lake in front of Hogwarts, clutching a thick stack of scratch paper in my hand."
What's wrong......
Hmm, maybe I should do it again?
”You know, I'm working on that formula.In the first three years of my life, I had put together a more complex function based on the parameters of the situation that had been punished by the order.The main parameters include my fit with the world (which slowly increases over time); The impact of the events on the world, including a primary impact on the future behavior of all the people present, a secondary impact on the important people who are not present, and sometimes a third impact on the core of the absentee—and in order to fully digitize these criteria, I have to set a dozen parameters—so I always have to work as a behaviorist to find a way to study the future trajectory of these people......
At first, I was not very proficient in this and always made mistakes, and at that time my basic formula was only a little three inches long on paper, but after three years of continuous research, my ability in this area has improved significantly, and even not long ago I felt that I could become the Harry Shelton of the twentieth century."
I'd like to publish the predictive patterns of social behavior that come with it.Then the Muggles would have to give me awards......
"I scratched my head and found that I didn't have much research on order, but instead summed up a lot of patterns in the direction of social behavior data.Okay, the problem now is that by the time of the third grade, the functions that weren't in the big picture—at most, a few adjustments to the parameters—had been completely useless since the beginning of the school year.I mean, it's completely useless.The problem now is that when I bring the data in, I get a lot of results.And when verified by what has happened, the guidance it gives me is sometimes completely contrary to the established facts.Since the beginning of the school year, two more important things have happened, one is that Bruce replaced Fleur as the warrior of Beauxbatons, and the other is that Barty Crouch Jr. was arrested early and imprisoned.The latter is also likely to lead to the bankruptcy of Voldemort's full resurrection project, and at the same time help Sirius correct the wrongful conviction that had been wrongfully convicted for more than a decade.According to my own rather proud predictions, either of these two events could have killed me, but in fact, I had nothing to do when the first thing happened, and the second thing, which obviously led to the more significant consequences, only made me faint for a month.Something must have changed.I've got to figure out why."
Vincent?"
There was a knock on the door, and my train of thought was interrupted.It was Harry's voice.I stared at the paper in my hand and greeted him."
What's the matter?""
Oh, that's right," Harry sounded a little anxious, "I was told by a classmate in Defence Against the Dark Arts today that the teacher for this class was replaced with Sirius—right?"
”"About that......
"I stroked out the last two anomalous data and simply put the parchment down.I shrugged, "Sirius insisted on substitute teaching for Professor Moody. ”"He insisted on doing it?"
Harry hurriedly said, "But the question is, isn't there something wrong with that position?"
Hermione looked up the materials in the library, and it was clear that the Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers had been changing for a long time, and that the fate of these professors had been getting worse ......and worse in recent years" "You don't want him to come here to teach." ”I came to this conclusion."
Of course not—but the problem is, he shouldn't be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts."
Harry frowned, looking worried.I stuffed the parchment into my bag and asked him, "Did you try to convince Sirius?"
”"Obviously," Harry spread his hands, "he didn't agree with me on this, so I came to you to ......"
"Check out the situation, well, of course, I've been staying at his house," I pulled out a few loaves of bread from my bag, "Eat?"
”"Well, thank you.I've eaten it. ”Harry said.I enjoyed the bread myself for lunch and told him that there was no need to worry too much."
Harry, give Sirius some trust.He has been through so many winds and waves. ”"But if it's a curse or something, then no amount of power is enough—I mean, look at Professor Moody.By the way, do you know what happened to the real Moody's?
”"It's recovering well, in my opinion.However, he became even more paranoid, and Dumbledore and the other professors felt that given his current situation, it was not very suitable to stay in an overly complicated situation, which was the case at Hogwarts, with a bunch of noisy students, although he insisted that 'teaching these kids who had no offensive power at all would not make me lose my head or anything.'
I'm not that weak!
’”I mimicked Moody's gruff, extremely unpleasant tone."
What do Dumbledore and the other professors think?"
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Harry asked, confused, "How do you know what the professors think?"
”"Do you know the Order of the Phoenix?"
I asked."
Oh, by the way, the professors are at your house discussing plans against Voldemort."
Harry said.Based on his words, I knew that Dumbledore was not hiding from Harry about Voldemort's return.Moody was temporarily unable to teach at the school, and was replaced by Sirius.The latter has been in the limelight for the past few months, intending to provoke some Death Eaters to retaliate, but in fact no one has tried to attack him, and the entire wizarding world seems to be all law-abiding and good citizens, as if there is not a single Death Eater.Dumbledore summed up the phenomenon by saying, "Death Eaters who are backed up are never so restrained.They won't give up the opportunity to express themselves. ”In other words, Voldemort who is hiding in every corner can be cautious, and so far no subordinate has known that his master, the Dark Lord, is planning a comeback and a comeback.Sirius was tired of the pointless bait, and according to the information from Crouch Jr., Harry was clearly worried about Voldemort, whose blood was indispensable for Voldemort's restoration.Knowing this as a premise, it would be strange if someone could stop him from staying at Hogwarts after he was already innocent.And at this juncture, it is undoubtedly a good choice to let someone who knows the root cause to teach."
You remember Quirrell, and Lockhart, and a professor who went limp during his tenure.That position was clearly cursed or something. ”Harry was clearly unwelcoming to the new teacher."
I can't help it.I tried to persuade him, but," I raised my eyebrows helplessly, "he was very eloquent, and in the end it was me who was convinced." ”Harry didn't get a satisfactory answer from me, and it was clear that he didn't want Sirius to be in such a dangerous position that he would try to persuade Sirius many times.Before leaving, I followed his etiquette to check on how he was doing, and the second tournament was less than two weeks later, and I asked him how he was going."
Oh, it's not a big deal, I'm pretty much done with that golden egg."
Harry said.After Harry left, I was silent for a moment.I'm certainly not going to support Sirius coming here to teach that class.But when everyone thinks it's a good idea, my objection is also useless.Everyone's life has a center of gravity, like my current life focus, which can be said to study order and maintain the basic plot; As for the members of the Order of the Phoenix, their focus in life is to prevent Voldemort and his power from rising again.Even if I were an outsider, I had no right to ask them to abandon their priorities in life to revolve around me—for example, to ask Sirius not to venture outside, but to stay at home honestly until next summer, when he was destined to lose his life; For example, the headmaster was asked not to try to prevent Voldemort from being reborn and let him be resurrected according to the established trajectory......
I ate my lunch, took out my manuscript paper again, and began to work the calculations.My own focus is on order.While Sirius and the rest of the Order of the Phoenix were trying to focus their lives, I needed to put the cart before the horse instead of pointing fingers at them and telling them about known dangers (as I said before, there is no shortage of dangerous accidents in the wizarding world).All I can do is do what I have to do, sort out this mess of order, so that I think I will be able to see and deal with the future, which is like a fog for me and for everyone.The author has something to say: I owe the evening to make up for Chapter 66 Second Item On the evening of February 23, I was studying in the study hall in Ravenclaw.There was several knocks on the wooden door and no one entered, which usually meant that a group of first-year students (none of whom had much experience with the Ravenclaw Bronze Eagle) had failed to answer the questions thrown at them.The third-grade boy closest to the door, Pullan kindly got up and was about to help them open the door, but when Pullan walked to the door, there was another knock on the door, and he opened the door with a smile, and we in the lounge all happened to hear Bronze Eagle ask, "Why is faith contrary to reason?"
”Sure enough, there were several junior students outside the door, and they hurriedly rushed in, and one of them thanked Pullan with relief: "Thank God."
We can't answer any of them. ”Puran said to the door: "My reason is faith. ”"That's a satisfying answer."
The bronze eagle outside said, and then the door closed automatically.The students who didn't leave were a little dumbfounded: "Falsification is also okay?"
”The upperclassmen in the lounge all laughed good-naturedly.One of the tall Asian girls said, "It won't be long before you realize that it can let you in basically anything you answer." ”The boy sitting across from her whistled and said, "What do you mean by 'any answer can enter'?"
You're exaggerating again, Fiona. ”Fiona didn't get angry, but smirked and said, "Lina stole wine from the kitchen in the middle of the night the day before yesterday and got drunk, and came back alone, and the question L-eagle (the same as the law) gave her was 'What is the greatest wisdom in life', and Lina was drunk and said it right-" "I guess her answer was 'I don't know'?"
”Puran asked with interest.Fiona smugly denied: "This answer is a decent one—the greatest wisdom is to admit ignorance—and it can open the door, but it's not so exciting."
Lina said that she vaguely felt that she was going to sleep outside, so she said fiercely, 'Get out of the way, you damn brass'. ”Everyone laughed, and the boy opposite Fiona shouted incredulously, "Did you let her in too?"
”"Laveneagle said, 'That's right, that's it, you have to be full of fighting spirit in desperate situations, that's life.'"
Fiona motioned for everyone to be quiet, and after laughing as she finished the sentence, she laughed and fell back into the chairlift.I heard a sophomore sitting near me say loudly to his peers, "Thank you Merlin, we're in Ravenclaw!"
”The other also shouted (so that his companions could hear his words in the laughter of the others): "Yes, I heard that the other three colleges have to be password-corrected, how boring these seven years have been!"
”The new first-graders listened enviously as the seniors navigated the rapinous response, and one of them, distracted by the seniors' boasting, came up to me absentmindedly and said, "The Vice Chancellor told you to come to her office." ”I was so focused on the stories told by my seniors about my encounter with Raveneagle, and without asking him anything, I said hello to Danqi and Benili, and got up and left the lounge.I walked all the way to Professor McGonagall's office and knocked on the door, remembering that I had fainted in it the last time I was here, probably being carried out in a hurry, and it was kind of funny.But when Professor McGonagall opened the door, I couldn't laugh at all when I saw Hermione, Ron, and Cho standing a little confused inside, and the kind Headmaster at the bottom.Tomorrow is the time for the second event, and these three are clearly the three hostages of the tournament, corresponding to the three warriors who value them: Krum, Harry, and Cedric......
I took a half-step back and decisively refused, "Thanks, Professor McGonagall, Professor Dumbledore, I don't want to be carried out of this office this time." ”The serious Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, not reacting, while Dumbledore smiled and said, "This is negotiable, we let you float out; And you weren't carried out last time, it was Sirius who carried you to the school doctor's office—though, to discuss how to get out of this office, why not come in first?
I prefer that we can close the door so that we can do a good job of confidentiality. ”I reluctantly came in and closed the office door.The other three students all looked a little uneasy when they heard the secrecy, but Hermione's eyes lit up and she said, "Sorry, professor, I can ask......
Do you mean that the secrecy has anything to do with tomorrow's game?
”Professor Dumbledore gave Hermione an encouraging look, "Miss Granger, I have to say, I don't think it's wise for anyone with a secret to speak in front of you.You've always been so sharp. ”Hermione hadn't reacted a little shyly, but Ron smiled proudly.Professor Dumbledore looked at us happily, assured us that there was no danger to our lives, and then consulted four people, mainly me."
I'm honored to be a part of it.Does it sound like the second project is going to intimidate the warriors?
”Hermione said.Ron nodded, muttering pessimistically at Hermione, "Hopefully Harry won't take the lyrics too seriously." ”Qiu Ze pursed his lips and smiled, and seemed to agree.I crossed my arms and waited for them to finish before I asked the headmaster, "These three warriors seem to be a good fit - but I don't understand, why me?"
The person who was called here should obviously be Elaine. ”"Miss Le Goff is indeed very close to Mr.
Boyle," said Professor McGonagall firmly, "but it is clearly not her, at least not the most, that Mr.
Boyle values. ”"But so what?'
We have snatched your most beloved treasure.You've only got an hour to ......
'Beloved Baby—it's just a lyric from the Golden Egg, there's no need to be so serious," I saw Professor McGonagall's look and quickly added stiffly, "I think." ”"Don't take it for granted, Mr.
White, consider the interference of the hostages with the Warriors - that's what the game is for.If Mr.
Boyle's hostage was Miss Legov, it would be unfair to the other warriors. ”I want to say that as long as it's close enough, it's not the same for everyone.Professor Dumbledore understood my gaze, waved his hand, and said, "Whether it's 'the most' or not, the difference cannot be ignored.Let's use an analogy......"
Professor Dumbledore thought for a moment, then said, "It's like, if you threaten to eat all my flavored beans, I might get nervous, but it won't interfere with my train of thought too much; But if you threaten not to leave me some lemon ice cream, I'm probably going to be too flustered to think......"