"A little bit of ethics might've gone a long way," he says, wryly. While he supports learning transfiguration, the cavalier attitude to the suffering of those badgers, toucans, and tortoises bothers him in a vague, nebulous sort of way. There are times when he wonders if that sort of indifference to the discomfort of animals translated and affected how easy it was for wizards to turn on each other.

"Then again, for a whole host of reasons, a little philosophy is a very dangerous thing."