Is that so? Hermione thought with some dismay, her fears confirmed. Tom had never liked Dumbledore, could rarely resist getting in a gratuitous dig at the man, and he had always had an interest in the Dark Arts of which she did not entirely approve. It was a legitimate branch of magic, and many new advances came from scholars of the field, but others lost themselves in it. Miskatonic was a great research institution, but she knew all too well that Tom would focus on its notoriously extensive library of Dark Magic. And the last thing he needed was to form a friendship with an "accomplished Dark wizard." She wondered what he meant about seeing it in Waite’s eyes. Perhaps it was a Legilimency reference. But if the man was open about practicing the Dark Arts, why would Tom need to do that?