"Artemis..." Brutus glanced up and nodded his head at the small boy, a small smile forming on his lips. "Good evening to you, I hope the ride wasn't too long and annoying as it was for me." He turned his attention toward his elder sister and grunted, "I'm not too fond of chocolate, and I'm not too fond of Brutus Jr. being a toy either."
He looked back down to his book and turned the page, speaking as he did so, "Are you seeing as many buffoons as I am. This semester is filled with too many overly excited pre-teens..." Brutus chuckled at his own joke and began to silently read.

He didn't mind the company of logical people, but what he did mind were the idiotic new students that had to touch and talk to everything that moved. It annoyed him immensely, especially due to the fact that he hated physical contact. Brutus' frog hid under his Ravenclaw robes to hide from his sister, the frog appeared to be afraid of the elder sister.