Now this was a comfortable topic! Cornelius felt very much in his element now that they had started talking about academic theories and not the fact he was probably going to have to pick a wife eventually and Miss Lestrange had to be distracted otherwise she’d step on his toes again. “I’ll be sure to send it over by owl, then,” Cornelius grinned; he felt delivering it in person would be a bit much, he didn’t want to overstep, but certainly an owl shouldn’t be too much. He raised his brows in complete surprise as she spoke of life force materials, especially blood. It fascinated him as well, though he had to admit he thought most ladies would be too squeamish to get through those chapters - perhaps Miss Lestrange wasn’t like most ladies.

“Most magic that requires the use of such things are considered dark in nature and therefore don’t have many writings on them, I’m afraid. I feel that most of that research remains hidden in fear the wizards who obtained it would be persecuted, but I’m of the belief that we should explore all there is to be explored - for science, for knowledge. If we understand how it works, we know how to better protect ourselves against it,” Cornelius wondered if he was rambling a bit too much, though he did try and hold himself back so he didn’t bore her, “Who knows what we could discover if we weren’t so afraid to experiment?”