[It's odd seeing Remus without the horns and wool, but he's immediately recognizable all the same. Far from rude, the comment makes him grin. It's relevant to the two of them more than most of the people who've stopped by to remark on his dedication to drawing accurate mostly-bird women.]

I have a lot of experience, both theoretical and practical. In fact, one of my PhDs is in xenobiology. There was certainly a conscious choice behind framing it as a field notebook.