As Orwell placed down his books, the animagus shifted into a more comfortable position on his chair, figuring he'd likely be listening for a while, despite the fact he'd rather be listening to anyone else. The man chuckled at the boy's opening sentence regarding his time spent reading, fighting the urge to roll his eyes. "You and every other Ravenclaw." He remarked quietly, but he continued to listen, not at all surprised by how at length Orwell went on about morality. He almost pitied him and how he was brought up, so narrow minded and out of touch with the norm of the present. His beliefs were primitive, yet he still acted as if he were better than the professor, and he couldn't stand it. Aeon had tried being nice when they first met, but by now, it was just too much effort. If Ava chose to expel the boy for any particular reason, the only con to his departure would be the lack of future, humorous star sign predictions in the student paper - his one redeeming quality, even if only as something to mock.
The Ravenclaw continued to talk, and Summers continued to listen, slightly straightening as he heard mention of animal life and not taking more than was necessary. He changed his position, covering the blatant dragonskin jacket on the arm of his chair as best and subtly as he could. The wizard, like most people, didn't like animal cruelty. He kept the animals he sold well fed and taken care of, and tried to make them as comfortable as possible, enhanced by his ability to communicate with them as an animal himself, but when it came to wearing animal skins...well, if it was already dead, and made into a fabulous new coat that happened to be on sale, he had no problem with buying it. If he didn't, someone else would.
Finally, the boy had finished, and Aeon considered how to address his questions. "I'll ignore that comment, if only because I like to see people taking an interest in this particular subject. The difference between this, and ingesting a polyjuice potion, is that the form you assume as an animal is individual to you, you aren't merely copying its appearance, whereas you become a person's identical with the potion, which gives you the power to do wrong in their name. Regarding the feeling, you are, mentality, yourself in every way - it's merely your physical form that changes, which is difficult to describe. I can only speak accurately for canines, as for some really odd reason, everyone I know who has learned to transform themselves all become dogs. Huh." He hadn't thought about it much, but practically every animagus he knew well could turn into some sort of dog or wolf. There didn't appear to be much variety in the people he met. "But I would say it's the same no mater what you become. You think and feel, emotionally, much the same as you do as a human, but you take on the senses, vision and capabilities of the animal you become, which is startling at first, but it takes little time to adjust. Everything comes naturally, as if you had been an animal your whole life. With that, comes the ability to communicate with other animals, depending on what you are, and depending on what they are. A fish isn't really going to understand a mole, for example, but I can understand a kneazle better than a mundane cat. That being said, unless they're magical, there's not a great deal of conversation to be had." He explained as best he could, but it was difficult to describe the particulars of being an animagus, it was always better experienced. "An animal isn't going to recognise that you're a human, and I doubt you'd cause much of a disruption if you were to become one, unless you were actively attempting to."
As eager as Brocken was to learn, Summers didn't know if he could handle teaching him. Then again, it could be interesting, and there weren't a lot of others capable of teaching it. He had the most experience teaching students with animagus transfiguration since Ava stopped taking classes. "Let's say I helped to teach and instruct you, can I trust that you'd listen and do as I tell you? The process is very specific, and for good reason. Transfiguring yourself into an animal isn't something you want to get wrong. There's more to it than you could ever learn from a few books."