"Unlike your half-blood prince, this is a classic." "Half-Blood Prince is a great book." "Of course it is. What could be better than stories of clueless teenagers sent off to... Bale, what is that?" "What, this?" Lamar's voice took on a sharp edge. "Is that a wand?" "It's a stick." "Are you pointing a wand at me?" "Who, me?" "Bale, if any Latin comes out of your mouth, it better be a litany of the saints, because I will end you."