Remus hadn't known any of this. He had only grabbed a piece of bread and pumpkin juice for dinner and dashed off to meet Severus - again looking forward to it all day. Even before he gave him the note.

He watched Snape's light up and smiled as well. He couldn't help it. He probably looked ridiculous, just beaming at Severus like it was Christmas or something. And he couldn't stop. His words broke the smile though. He bit his lip in thought.

"I agree. It helps, but it's not something that will help get you from human to animagus form." Remus said as he turned back to the book. "There's a lot of stuff in this book about Transfiguration and the mind. I remember Pads stole this at least twenty times."