Theo could agree with Ernie on that point, and in regards to the research, but he was touched by Ernie's genuine encouragement. No one had ever thought Theo worth encouraging or, from his point of view, really worth anything, so the support that Ernie was giving him now was both strange and moving.
"You have a point." he concurred, even though the thought of why so many people could now see them made him uncomfortable. He wondered for a moment if he did go into a career investigating and researching thestrals, if it would make him any money and if that would in some sick way be construed as his profiting off the war. That thought made his stomach turn a little; he still hadn't made up for what had already happened, nevermind creating another set of similar problems.
"I suppose though that there are more people out there likely to want to preserve them, just because there are more people who can see them too now."