The Problem with Human Transfiguration

"Am I supposed to take that to mean that you're actually trying to make me find you loveable?" "And if I was?" he asked, voice nothing more than a whisper. I rolled my eyes, pushing a sharp elbow into his side. He crumbled with a hiss of pain but didn't move far. Eyeing him with irritation, I announced, "Then you're doing an absolutely horrendous job of it. It won't work anyway."