Sirius found himself completely flustered at the praise, finding that he was still unused to receiving genuine compliments like that. Sure, Euphemia, Fleamont and James had mostly helped him to get over his aversions towards being praised, but still being praised for something that was so deep to his character seemed completely surreal to him.<br/>“I don’t know,” he said, running a hand through his hair, just so that he had something to do with his hands that wasn’t reaching out for Remus.<br/>“I liked it a lot, studying,” he added, feeling that he had to explain somehow, but he also wasn’t sure if that was what Remus really wanted him to do. “That’s why I did it for so long.”