"It really did. And now that I think of it, I took way too many things for granted while I was there, when I should've stood back and just appreciated them." Tonks was waxing nostalgic at the moment. One thing she'd managed to inherit from Andromeda was her sentimentality.
"Mum told me a little about her school days, and it really didn't sound all that different than mine," she added, with a hint of a smile.