Enthusiasm. Advice. Suggestions. And all with that edge of "Of course I know best."

I've had it made quite clear to me that she's to be given every courtesy, but she will keep trying to be friendly on top of everything else.

Thanks for the recommendation, anyway: I'll see if I can pop out to the apothecary this afternoon.

The cryptography is interesting, though it took a lot of sorting to figure out something that wouldn't cause more trouble down the road. But Marlagosia Starling came out in favour of it (she's head of the Anti-Fomentation team, and their head communications analyst as well), and she'll be doing the initial lecture, and then several of her staff are running various practical exercises.

And yes, on the student interest - Padma Patil, that one.