She did have a point, people always seemed to be angry at every little thing these days. Or just him when he pulled a prank or one of his experiments and inventions went wrong - as they usually did. But it was all a work in progress and every invention in history went wrong before it worked, nothing ever worked the first time. "I guess you're right," he eventually affirmed with a small nod of his head.
"Well, not at first, probably not," it was a hard admission to make, but he did understand what she was saying to him. If his little brother had come to him claiming he had just done magic, Etienne probably wouldn't have believed him at first. "But I would have at least done research into it!" He added, tone almost defensive, feeling as though he had to explain a little more, "I wouldn't just brush it off and pretend it didn't happen. I'd want to know the truth, even if it does sound stupid."
He didn't ask for permission as he eagerly grabbed the book from her hands, thumbing through the pages with eagerness to try and see what other magical creatures could be out there. Dragons were about to be his next subject of amazement, but before he could say anything he was distracted again, glancing up from the words on the page to look towards the third year schedules. "Wicked!" He exclaimed, maybe a little too loud for the library and quickly lowered his voice again, "That should be something first years can do. Especially people like me. We need a crash course for these kinds of things. Why do we have to wait until third year? That's ages away. It's not fair." At least, to him, it certainly didn't find it very fair. "And I like maths, it's fascinating how many problems you can solve."