"Oh, I know! Bouncing back is a lifestyle requirement for me." She indicated the pillar and its rude treatment of her as evidence. "And I'm more of a visitor to the edge than a lifer, really. Go over, have a cuppa and a chat before waltzing back. Drag a few people with me one way or the other." Tonks said the last part with an impish smile, one that only widened at his laugh in regards to Binns.
"I think Binns is a bit sentimental. Did the 40s and Grindlewald, then jumped straight to '80 and '81. Happy endings for the wizarding world." Her smile lessened a bit with that. While it did lead to an overall happier time for the people at large, her class had been old enough to know that shit went down, even if they didn't exactly understand what.
But Tonks shook that off mentally and carried on. "I wonder if he still thinks he has a class. We had a bet going once that he wouldn't notice and about half the class snuck out? One right after the other. Our judge said that he didn't even pause in his lecture."