<sub>[Recognized for his genius and not his lonesomeness? As if it's one or the other? As if Dorian knows anything about him? Victor snorts, annoyance deepening. Does Dorian think he's an idiot, so desperate for a kind word that he'd lap this up? It's a backhanded compliment if he's ever heard one.

One thing can certainly be said for Dorian's Transfiguration skills: he has a knack for transforming expressions into glares.]</sub>

My talents, that's right. My talents are what will have me graduating from Hogwarts with the highest of distinctions. If I'm to be recognized, it will be on the basis of my merit, not because I spent time propping up less diligent students.

_{[The beast awakes. The quickest way to light a fire under the ass of a reclusive nerd is imply his success is at all dependent on befriending silver-tongued socialites.]}