"Because, we aren't going to be twenty-four of us forever, and right now we have a chance to make everything better for generations to come." He knew that Hermione and Regulus were working very hard on stripping down the laws and focusing on what really mattered. "At least, that's the intention."
He rolled his eyes right back at her, not caring that it wasn't professional. "Of course I expect everyone to hex her if she shows up, but we're also not going to be at Hogwarts forever either. Eventually, we'll move into Hogsmeade--provided the castle lets us--and start expanding, and we need to be ready for that. All the books and music in the world isn't going to help with that. I'm also not sure when I ever said that we couldn't or shouldn't do any of those things. I'm all for balance, but what difference would it make to have a four day work week instead of five?" It was already hard enough to stay busy two days a week.
"We're not keeping it secret, we just haven't planned anything yet." They'd intended to just have a small ceremony with just them and Harry, with a small party to follow, but hadn't actually planned anything yet so he didn't know why she was bent out of shape about not being invited when there wasn't anything to be invited to. "Are you going to write books? Make music? Aside from Kirley, we don't exactly have anyone cultural around, do we? And we're cut off from the rest of the world, so what we do have right now is...pick up Quidditch and whatever records we can find in the Room of Requirement, along with what we've salvaged from Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley. What else do you suggest?"
And this was exactly why he thought Prophecies should just be ignored. "Right. Self-fulfilling. We tried to avoid the end of civilization and brought it about anyway. Prophecies aren't all that helpful, and I know now why Cassandra was always very careful about what she'd say, and yeah. I get why the centaurs would be wary about getting involved again too."