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Lee tugged at a lock of his hair, tears still welled up in his eyes. She said he didn't have to forget one place for a new one, but that only meant she didn't know the problem with his memory. He was entirely worried he'd forget home for his brain to recognize Hogwarts that way. That was why he always watched out the window. He couldn't forget home if he made it a ritual to look at it... could he? He'd forgotten far worse in his life, but there was no way he'd just up and forget his dads... unless there was a way. He wondered if maybe he should ask the school healers, but no one had ever had an answer for him, so maybe it would only be a waste of time.

As he was thinking, he noticed the girl offering her arms in a hug. He blinked for a second, then carefully slinked down from the window. He sank to his knees and fell forward into a hug. It couldn't be bad if she'd been so nice and caring of him. And now he felt like a total arse for forgetting her name. Stupid brain. She said her cousin called several places home, which he didn't understand. Lee only had one home, and it was in Hogsmeade. He'd had two before, but honestly he couldn't remember where they were, which only reinforced his fear. Suddenly, he was being asked why he was afraid, and his thoughts were questioned. "I... I hav-have a pr-problem in my br-bra-ain. I c-can't rem-mem-member so well so-sometimes. I'm... v-very forgetful. L-like how I al-already for-forgot your <********> name." He sighed, pulling away from the hug a bit and sitting on his feet. "S-sorry... th-that seems b-bad, doesn't it?"

Lee looked at the girl, who so kindly reissued her name. Sona. Sona. He could remember that.... aw, who was he kidding, he'd forget it soon enough. She did say she would have forgotten his, but she had it written down. When did she write down his name? He tried to find the memory of their first meeting, which he was pretty sure was at dinner somewhere... or was it breakfast? He just remembered something about food... and notes? Or something of the sort.

Sona continued softly, almost like one of those therapists he'd seen on the telly. She said that he loved his dads, which brought a little smile to the blonde's face. He did love his dads quite dearly and he was glad other people recognized it. After she paused in thought, she put a positive spin on his worry. If he forgot, that meant he could rediscover things later. What an odd way to picture things... but it was true. And it wasn't like he'd forget his dads, he wrote them letters daily and had a picture of them on his nightstand. Right by his bed. She was surely right, and that lifted a huge weight off his heart. "Y-you're ri-right. I kn-know my d-dads. And I-I'll be d-damned if ah-I forget." He let his grin grow a little bit bigger and used his sleeve to scrub away the tears on his cheeks. She was right and he'd figure out a way to remember his home. It couldn't fade if he just always thought about it!

Lee nodded when Sona said it would be okay. She was right, and he needed to cling to that thought. She hugged him again, and the blonde awkwardly pat her back. Once apart, the girl mentioned math and reading culminating in something called arithmancy. He was pretty sure he'd heard that somewhere... but he couldn't recall where. That said, the Library did sound kind of nice. "Th-that sounds good. I-I like l-libraries." But how did she know he liked maths? He must've told her, he just couldn't quite remember when. Though her phrasing made it seem like it'd been along this conversation. Damn his memory. Oh well, he'd follow the age-old advice of 'fake it 'til you make it'. She asked if he wanted to go now, saying it'd help him get familiar with the school. "Y-yea. L-let's go on an ad-adven-mmm-venture." He nodded, pushing his glasses back up when they slipped down his nose.