"If you were an animagus could you turn yourself into different animals then?" he wonders.

"I have no idea!"

"Do you think you'll try it?"

"I don't know, it takes a long time and lots of work and I don't know what other things I could be doing with my time."

He nods. This seems sensible.

"I think I wanna learn a lot of spells and transfiguration and potions. They sound like fun."

"Potions sound a lot like cooking, and I'm good at cooking," says Victor. "I'm not sure about the rest."

Ron squirms uncomfortably and looks out the window.

Victor blinks uncertainly at him.

And Dayo decides it's time to change the subject so he starts speculating about stuff he read in Hogwarts: A History. They apparently have a giant squid!!

"Yes, I read that too."

How cool is that? Dayo hopes it doesn't hate him, and explains to Ron why it might when he expresses confusion over this point. This successfully distracts Ron from his earlier discomfort.

That's a good thing for Dayo to be doing.

Around half past twelve there's a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slides back their door and says, "Anything off the cart, dears?"

Victor looks uncertainly at the cart.

It contains Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Victor has probably never seen in his life.

Ron mumbles something about having brought sandwiches, going pink.

Dayo looks interested, however.

Victor inspects the selection, calculates prices in his head, glances at his companions, and then says, "Three of everything, please."

"You really don't have to," he says as the witch starts filling a bag with Victor's order.

"No, but I want to," he says. "I've never gotten to give someone candy before."

"If you insist."

The transaction is completed and he now has: a ton of magical junk food.

Ron stares at it.

"And now we can each have one of everything," says Victor.

Ron looks at his lumpy packages and decides to accept. He reaches for a purple pentagonal box with "chocolate frog" written on it and starts opening it.