"Sphinx usually have a passion about something. Obsession is maybe a better word for it." Leon easily switched languages as well, not phased and growing more comfortable with Thierry. "Maybe it's cars. Maybe it's a fandom. It's not the only thing that makes a Sphinx, but pranks aren't the only thing that make a Kitsune, and so on. It's just interesting to see the patterns."
He knew Hydra got a bad rep sometimes, often called the Slytherin of St. Margaret's, but that was because not many people understood why those in Hydra got put there. Leon and the rest of his House didn't feel the need to explain it, either.
"You're right, though. Learning from books only gets you so far. You don't learn to speak a language from books, for example. You learn it by speaking it. And most authors are just copying what someone else has already written, sometimes with a new spin, sometimes just rehashing an old one."
He watched what Thierry was doing with his hands, then finished tightening the bolts. "Now what?"