Justin tilted his head, confused by what the man said. He hadn't even realized he'd said Merlin, as even after so many years in the wizarding world, he still rarely spoke the expression consciously. And tedious? What the bloody hell was he on about? Justin simply chose to shake his head and not dwell on it - working on the research for Anthony was taking up far too many brain cells as it was.
He was disappointed at the claim to lack of erotic literature, but took umbrage at the jab at his intellect, or lack thereof. "Hey, I'm not a student anymore, and I've as much right to be in here as you do. That being said, I've a friend who's brilliant and he's the one I'm doing research for. We're trying to make up some sort of alerting system for our Muggle relatives who are having nightmares, so if whoever's going around killing people goes after them, they can call for help."