Dubois-Volkov turned out to be just as eccentric as she had first appeared – outside of her natural environment she was crisp and taciturn, as she had been when Hermione had first met her at the meeting at Godric's, but in her lab she was someone else entirely. Animated, talking to herself and Hermione, buzzing about excitedly – she was nothing like Snape, but obviously even more of a genius at potions than even the Hogwarts Potions teacher – now, Hermione thought with a grimace, Headmaster.