Having set his expectations for an entirely different kind of question, Sirius let out a laugh, surprised and relieved.<br/>“That’d be, uh,” he dragged, a chuckle still in his breathing. He wasn’t being coy about it - in fact, Sirius was inclined to believe his education was the least interesting thing about him - but it was an explanation he hadn’t had to offer in decades, never having put the degree to use in a context where the title was used in reverence. “- because of my doctorate.”